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✓ For a quick deletion rush, click the unwanted
object and poke your Delete key.
Want something back? Double-click the Recycle Bin
icon to see your recently deleted items. Right-click
the item you want and choose Restore.
To delete something permanently, just delete it from
inside the Recycle Bin: Click it and press the Delete
key. To delete everything in the Recycle Bin, right-click
the Recycle Bin icon and choose Empty Recycle Bin.
To bypass the Recycle Bin completely when
deleting files, hold down Shift while pressing
Delete. Poof! The deleted object disappears,
ne’er to be seen again — a handy trick when
dealing with sensitive items, such as credit-card
numbers or late-night love letters meant for a
nearby cubicle dweller.
✓ The Recycle Bin icon changes from an empty
wastepaper basket to a full one as soon as it’s
holding any deleted file or files.
✓ Your Recycle Bin keeps your deleted files until
the garbage consumes about 5 percent of your
hard drive space. Then it purges your oldest
deleted files to make room for the new. If you’re
low on hard drive space, shrink the bin’s size
by right-clicking the Recycle Bin and choosing
Properties. Decrease the Custom Size number
to purge the bin more quickly; increase the
number, and the Recycle Bin hangs onto files
a little longer.
✓ The Recycle Bin saves only items deleted
from your own computer’s drives. That
means it won’t save anything deleted from a
CD, memory card, MP3 player, flash drive,
or digital camera.
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