When something is permanently deleted where does it go?

Answer 1

On Windows based OS's, deleted items go to the Recycle folder (bin). Simply emptying the recycle bin does not rid the file from the hard drive. You may have to defragment the drive to really get rid of the files.

They do not just disappear into thin air ... a new file may simply overwrite the old one ... replacing the zeros with ones, for instance. The data changes.

Answer 2

You cant delete it. It's integral to the operating system.

Technically deleting a file in windows doesn't delete the file it moves it to the recycle bin. Emptying the recycle bin deletes the file. Even then the data still remains on disk until it's overwritten by another file. Shift+Del will delete a file without moving it to the recycle bin.

Answer 3

Depends if you Click on a program and press Delete or del Then it will probably say

"are you sure you want to send .... to the recycling bin" They it will appear in the RB but sometimes it says "delete " which means it it lost forever you cant get it back

Unless you download it or install it again

Answer 4

I assume you mean on your desktop it goes into your recycling bin, from there you can delete it permanently which will delete the file from your hard drive, until that it is still traceable,

Answer 5

The data is permanently moved to a specific location on your hard drive to be overwritten by new data.