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Delete files and folders

Delete files and folders - macOS Tutorial

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Delete files and folders

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- [Instructor] At some point you will probably want to delete some files or folders that you don't want anymore. For example, I'm here in the Documents folder in the exercise files, and if I go to this Photos folder, we have some files that we were working with in another video, but now I'm finished with them. In fact, I'm going to click the Back button, and let's say I'm ready to delete this entire Photos folder. So one really easy option to delete something is to drag it down to the trashcan on the Dock, and that has been moved to the trash. Okay, let's look at some other options. Let's go into this Client Projects folder and let's say this Globe Bank project has been canceled, so I'm ready to delete it. So of course I could drag it to the trashcan or I could right-click on it and I could choose Move to Trash, or I could select it and go to the File menu and choose Move to Trash there, or you can see there's actually a…

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