As individual files reach 30 days past the time they were put into Trash, they’re deleted. To clarify, not all files are deleted 30 days after you turn on auto-empty. Now, each file sent to the Trash starts a 30-day countdown to self-deletion. This check box enables automatic emptying of Trash after 30 daysġ) In the Finder, go to the Finder menu and select Preferencesģ) Check the box for “Remove items from the Trash after 30 days” (see image above) Now let’s see how easy it is to set up the Trash to automatically delete files after 30 days. It’s quite important to empty the Trash, especially on MacBook models that have limited storage. Since the files placed in Trash are not deleted until the Trash is “emptied”, leaving those items in the Trash means you’re not recovering any space on your hard drive or SSD. There were even a few clients with the opinion that the Trash was a great place to store documents…to whom I brought up the point that a real trash can wouldn’t be the best place to store credit cards, tax returns, and other personal documents.
#HOW TO RECOVER DELETED TRASH FILE ON MAC SIERRA MAC#
Many people are good about emptying the Mac Trash, but others? When I was working as an Apple Consultants Network member, it surprised me how many clients rarely or never emptied the Trash. Related article: Skip ‘Taking Out the Trash’ When Deleting Files
Fortunately, macOS Sierra provides a way to automatically “empty the trash” for you.
While the real world trash can may start smelling bad after a few days to give you an olfactory reminder to dump the trash, there’s no such reminder on the Mac. On the Mac, emptying the Trash deletes the files that have been placed in that virtual trash can. In the real world, you eventually empty a trash can into a larger can that will be picked up and end up in a recycling plant or landfill. Trash on the Mac is quite similar to its real-world analogue - anything that you place into the trash can remains there until you “take out the trash”.
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