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I've Been Deleting Files Wrong on Windows All My Life and Now I Feel Totally Fooled.

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Right click and Delete is the method you probably use to send those junk files from Windows 11 to the Wastebasket. Yes, to delete them “completely,” you can empty this recycling folder, but even though those items are missing, they are still in the drive. That’s why it’s possible to restore them by backups or recovery tools. That is, they are not deleted 100%, at least not until they are overwritten by the system. So, if you want to get rid of d…

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I've Been Deleting Files Wrong on Windows All My Life and Now I Feel Totally Fooled.

Right click and Delete is the method you probably use to send those junk files from Windows 11 to the Wastebasket. Yes, to delete them “completely,” you can empty this recycling folder, but even though those items are missing, they are still in the drive. That’s why it’s possible to restore them by backups or recovery tools. That is, they are not deleted 100%, at least not until they are overwritten by the system. So, if you want to get rid of d…

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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
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