8.4. Using Trash on the Desktop Background
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8.4. Using Trash on the Desktop Background

Nautilus Trash icon.

You can move the following items to Trash:

If you need to retrieve a file from Trash, you can view Trash and move the file out of Trash. When you empty Trash, you delete the items in Trash permanently.

8.4.1. To Display Trash

You can display the contents of Trash in the following ways:

  • From the desktop background

    Double-click on the Trash object on the desktop background. The contents of Trash are displayed in a Nautilus window.

  • From a Nautilus window

    Choose Go->Trash. The contents of Trash are displayed in the window.

8.4.2. To Empty Trash

You can empty the contents of Trash in the following ways:

  • From the desktop background

    Right-click on the Trash object, then choose Empty Trash.

  • From a Nautilus window

    Choose File->Empty Trash.

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