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Deleting to the Trash

File → Move to Trash… (delete_files, also on Delete) moves files to your system’s Trash, called the Recycle Bin on Windows, so a mistaken delete can be undone. Restore them from Finder (Put Back), the Recycle Bin, or your desktop’s Trash, the same way as files deleted anywhere else.

Action	Menu	What it does
`delete_files`	File → Move to Trash… (Move to Recycle Bin… on Windows)	Move the selection (or the item under the cursor) to the Trash
`delete_permanently`	File → Delete Permanently…	Delete for good, without the Trash

Delete and Shift-Delete run these two under every preset; their other keys depend on your keymap preset — see Keymap Presets.

Both ask first. The Trash confirmation’s default button is Move to Trash, because the move can be undone. The permanent delete’s default is Cancel. The File menu and the right-click menu have both commands.

Where there is no Trash

Some places have no Trash:

files on SSH or S3;
files inside archives;
on Windows, USB and network drives, where Windows itself would delete for good.

There, delete_files deletes for good, and its confirmation says There is no Trash here, so these are deleted for good before anything happens.

Which Trash

System	Where deleted files go
macOS	The Trash, as from Finder. Each drive keeps its own, and Put Back knows where they came from.
Windows	The Recycle Bin, on fixed (internal) drives
Linux and other Unix desktops	The desktop Trash (`~/.local/share/Trash`, or a `.Trash` folder at the top of another drive), which GNOME Files, Dolphin and `gio trash` all read

A folder goes to the Trash whole, as one item.

Settings

CONFIRM_TRASH = True     # ask before moving to the Trash
CONFIRM_DELETE = True    # ask before deleting for good
DELETE_TO_TRASH = True   # False: delete_files deletes for good, like delete_permanently