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   s|b to Frank Slootweg   
   Re: How to empty recycle bin   
   29 Nov 25 16:13:36   
   
   From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On 29 Nov 2025 13:26:32 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
   > s|b  wrote:   
   >   
   > > There's a recycle bin on Android? o-:   
      
   >   Yes, but it's called 'the Trash'. And like on Windows, it's a per-app   
   > function. (I don't know which 'apps' other than (Windows) File Explorer   
   > use the Recycle Bin.)   
   >   
   >   An advantage of the Android-type Trash is that it is timed, typically   
   > for 30 days, so after an item is deleted, it will be kept for 30 days.   
      
   Do you know if one can change 30 days to something else?   
      
   >   So my Windows Recycle Bin is nearly always empty, because I don't like   
   > cruft, but my Android Trash cans just empty themselves.   
      
   I use Total Commander and delete them by hand. (I blame OCD.)   
      
   >   (And yes, I of course saw and noted the smiley.)   
      
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