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[Vieo]

What are your file deletion habits? Do you send your files to the recycling bin or do you have your OS configured to delete them immediately? Do you right-click, then choose delete or do you prefer to drag-and-drop to the recycling bin? Do you empty your recycling bin as soon as files are in it or do you let the files linger for a period of time(days/weeks?) before you empty it? Or, perhaps, might you use a scheduler to empty it automatically?


edit: SHIFT+DELETE? You learn something new every day.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

 

[ChuyMasta]

OMG SPOILER!!! You ruined MOM

 

[epmode]

Shift-delete 4 lyfe

 

[Learn2read]

right click -> recycle bin

empty it one in a while when I notice it, like my real recycle bin

 

[Solo]

I expunge that shit like deficate from my ass.

 

[Quick]

I Shift+Delete files.

 

[Fitz]

Shift+Delete 100% of the time. Not really best practice but it's habit now, never use the recycle bin.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Ha.

For someone so detailed you forgot the delete button on the keyboard.



delete button and then i empty my recycle bin before the day is over

 

[scitek]

SHIFT+Del then Enter

Gone forever.

 

[Shepard]

Shift+Delete too. I have no regrets.

 

[Kentpaul]

I just right click and delete, I'l empty the bin when Im cleaning up my desktop. I usually clean my desktop when I'm motivated from doing household chores.. I'm lazy guy so I clean every 2 days or so.

 

[Fry]

Shift+delete like a boss. No regrets.

 

[Y2Kev]

OBSESSIVE deleter. Delete things instantly and as soon as I don't want them.

 

[Kentpaul]

Gotta love this shift and delete. I'm down for pro pc tips when ever I get the chance to use them.

 

[George Claw M.D.]

Shift-delete 4 lyfe

Should've been first reply. I don't disable the recycle bin, though, in case something gets deleted by accident, either by me or someone else using my computer.

 

[99hertz]

If I'm on my Windows partition I just delete and then empty the Recycle Bin. If I'm using Ubuntu I just let the files there and never delete them.

 

[Staccat0]

I almost never delete anything. I just file it obsessively. Side effect from work I s'pose.

 

[blame space]

my desktop is embarrassing

 

[Satchel]

On my mac I secure empty the trash if the files aren't too big.

 

[Prophet Steve]

If I am absolutely certain I don't need it anymore shift delete, otherwise normal delete and empty the recycle bin once in a while.

 

[iNvid02]

shift delete

windows previous versions is always there for me

 

[Chipotle]

I hoard. Never know when something might come in handy (it rarely does).

When I do delete I usually just use the delete button and empty the recycle bin at some point later on

 

[EvilMario]

OBSESSIVE deleter. Delete things instantly and as soon as I don't want them.

Exact opposite. HOARD ALL FILES FOREVER. Harddrives to the ceiling.

 

[Turok_TTZ]

i disabled my recycle bin. when i delete stuff. its gone lol

 

[KittenMaster]

Shift + Delete, because I'm likely to just empty the recycle bin anyway.

I usually keep pixel art related stuff, especially things I may need to go back to, though I like to delete crappy or embarrassing stuff from time to time.

 

[TurbulentTurtle]

I never use my recycle bin and I use shift-delete, if I know I'm gonna delete it right now, why bother wasting my own time with clicking other stuff.

 

[notsol337]

No recycle bin, no confirmation. I hit delete, it goes away.

Forever.

 

[OptimoPeach]

Shift+Delete is overrated

 

[DanteFox]

lol nice.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Shift delete for 99%

1% get the bin for like 2 weeks while i make up my mind.

 

[plainr_]

Right click, delete. Always.

 

[CorvoSol]

I only came in this thread to make a Metroid joke. Seeing that it's already been made leaves me with but no choice but to answer the actual question.

I highlight and delete. As in, I highlight it, go to recycle bin, and empty that. I have been told this is not an effective way of deleting stuff.

 

[jediyoshi]

you can delete files?

 

[zugzug]

right click it and delete to the recycle bin.

I still have the recycle bin on my desktop and if i ever look up at and it see its full i proceed to empty recycle bin there are times where its gotten to 80 items and i'm ZOMG danger danger why did it build up so big.

 

[midonnay]

my files get deleted when the hard drive fails

 

[NeoUltima]

I like to round up a bunch into the recycling bin.
Then I massacre them all at once.
So satisfying.

 

[Alfarif]

CMD +Delete

Right click recycle bin and secuerly empty them shits.

 

[perfectnight]

What kind of monster drags and drops or shift-deletes?

 

[Lesath]

I box delete.

 

[Houston3000]

I just let my files go into the recycle bin... I delete stuff so everything stays clean and organized, not because my hard drive is full.

Only time I Shift+Delete is when I'm removing duplicate files (like if I download something twice by accident)

 

[Tathanen]

Merciless shift-deleter. I refuse to ever have anything sit in my Recycling Bin. In the rare case that I use it, it's just for a few minutes while I do something that I know I might want to undo, then emptied as soon as I'm comfortable.

I have shift-deleted my way to disaster more than once, but it is the only way to live.

 

[jogarrr]

I just let everything sit in my Recycle Bin. Currently 1294 items in there.

 

[lacinius]

shift + delete, with no regrets.

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

I just let my files go into the recycle bin... I delete stuff so everything stays clean and organized, not because my hard drive is full.

Only time I Shift+Delete is when I'm removing duplicate files (like if I download something twice by accident)

Same. If there's a file not serving a purpose, it goes to the recycle bin. I always let my items sit in the recycling bin. It was numbering in the hundreds of gigs before I finally emptied it. Currently at 34 gb.

 

[Jayayess1190]

I delete everything once I don't need it anymore, some files I might upload to the cloud before deletion though, but it all goes. I love CCleaner.

 

[TheExodu5]

Shift Deleter.

 

[TruskyMX]

Shift-Del that rubbish!!

 

[-Deadpool-]

Shift+Delete. Always.

Haven't used the Recycle Bin in years.

 

[Mushroom021]

I like to drag it and empty the recycle bin right away because I dont like when the trash has papers in it.