Eli5: Where do our files go when we delete them from the trash can in our computer? Submitted by StarExact5602 t3_yfr1qg on October 28, 2022 at 3:22 PM in explainlikeimfive 18 comments 4
Excellent_Set2946 t1_iu4tv45 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:40 PM They don’t go anywhere at first. They just get removed from the “table of contents” on the hard drive. In time they get overwritten by new files. Permalink 5
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