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Deleting a File or Folder

                 To delete a file or folder, follow the given steps:

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                                        Click on Delete command.                                    Hintbot


                            Right-Click on the                                     By selecting  Show recycle
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                            folder.                                                confirmation        from      the
                                                                                   drop-down arrow of the Delete
                                                                                   button  on  the  Home tab, you
                                                                                   may see a confirmation dialog
                      Browse to the location                                       box before deleting a file.
                      of the file or folder you
                  1
                      want to delete.


                   2   Select the file you want to delete.



                 Where does the deleted file/folder go?

                 After you delete the file, it does not get deleted permanently from the computer. The deleted
                 file is moved to the Recycle Bin. To remove a file or folder permanently from a computer, you
                 need to delete the file again from the Recycle Bin.

                 The Recycle Bin also allows us to retrieve our deleted files. To restore a file from the Recycle

                 Bin, follow the given steps:

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                       You can also click on Restore all items to restore all the files from Recycle Bin.










                                                                                    Select the  Restore
                      Double-click on the                                           option from Context
                      Recycle Bin icon                                              menu.                   3
                  1   on the Desktop.









                            Right-click on the file in the Recycle
                        2   Bin that you want to restore.



                 To delete all the deleted files and folders permanently, click on the Empty Recycle Bin option
                 in the toolbar of Recycle Bin window.



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