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How to delete files

How to delete files - Windows Tutorial

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How to delete files

- [Instructor] During the course of your day-to-day managing of the files and folders on your computer, you'll most likely come across items that you no longer need. If you really don't need a copy of a file anymore, you should move it to your recycle bin, represented by the little recycling bin icon in the upper left-hand corner of your desktop. Also here on my desktop I have this to-do list text file that I created in a previous movie. All I have to do to get rid of it is drag it to the recycle bin. Notice the recycle bin's icon has changed to look like paper has been thrown in the bin, which is a nice visual indication that there are items in your system trash. Now, just like with the real trash can that sits by your feet at your real desk, you can still retrieve files that you've thrown into the recycle bin as long as you haven't emptied it, which we'll look at in just a moment. To see the contents of the recycle bin,…

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