If your Gmail account is warning you that storage is full, or worse, rejecting new messages, you’re running into a common ...

When you normally delete files, either by dragging them to the Trash, using a system or contextual menu, or by using the Command-Delete hot key, OS X will move the file to the Trash where it will wait ...

When you delete a file in Windows, it goes to the Recycle Bin first, allowing you to restore it later. However, there are times—such as when you’re freeing up space or removing sensitive data—when you ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Geek Note: Once again, for lack of any questions from readers in the field, I turned to one of the questions asked by my ...

Most Android apps have a trash or recycle bin to store the deleted files temporarily. As such, you’ll want to empty the trash on your Android phone to reclaim your storage space. Sadly, emptying the ...

Email programs Gmail and Mozilla Thunderbird have a Trash folder; Microsoft Outlook refers to the trash folder as the Deleted Items folder. When you delete an email, your email program sends it to the ...