Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "s|b" Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: How to empty recycle bin Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:13:36 +0100 Organization: XXII Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <10gevqi.vvc.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> Reply-To: sb.nospam@belgacom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 9zGKrTYSQ9bg/KIILMpP6A/77lUsI4FipKeRmqCzGAFyErcx4w Cancel-Lock: sha1:XDbhqS74owoZJysYPDutX2xk3ks= sha256:RsMlYd2nppJmn2oKXJmzpFF6O6jKq46fQzwEjS/M1ns= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-Face: j0\WO?Dcjo^V#d7Q,H$9^8N{Z|fy50vxQkToel)jNR3hmCMV8kai(fMVJ:Yk}q?t<:xHu2D )?CJ[c|zu]%I!fKb7-4~$&Mx|GT=>ux^*,A:5Cdek,y4A(DSX=oXRv7-)/AcgHiWf Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:151521 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.) (-: -- s|b