How to automatically delete files from Trash on Mac To use Time Machine, you can connect an external hard drive to your Mac and go to System Preferences > Time Machine to begin the setup.

Whenever you move a file on your Mac to the Trash, it stays there until you manually right-click (Ctrl-click) the trash icon and select Empty Trash. This system offers a useful fallback method if ...

Set your trash can to always securely empty the trash by clicking the "Finder" menu and selecting "Preferences." Click the "Advanced" tab and check the "Empty Trash Securely" option.

The Mac's Trash stores files until you remove them from your drives. Here's how to empty the Trash automatically in macOS Sequoia.

If you haven't upgraded to OS X El Capitan, the only method to selectively delete items in the Trash is to drag the files you want to keep out of the trash, empty the Trash, then move the items ...

Ticked off by a troublesome Trash that won't empty no matter what you try? Joe Kissell can help.