Most people assume that deleting files and emptying the Recycle Bin permanently removes them—but that’s not true. Those “deleted” files still sit on your drive and can be restored with recovery tools.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Getting rid of online and local files can be a slightly different process. Getting rid of online and local files ...

On an external drive, the delete key is more of a suggestion than a final verdict. Files that appear to vanish from a USB stick, portable SSD, or backup hard drive often linger in the background, ...

An Android phone or tablet has a lot less storage capacity than a desktop or even a laptop computer. This makes it an urgent matter to keep your device clear of files you no longer need. The way the ...

On modern operating systems, "deleting" a file isn't exactly deleting a file. Even setting aside the mechanics of how it's often possible to "un-delete" a file with specialized software, because it's ...