You can move the following items to Trash:
Files
Folders
Desktop objects
If you need to retrieve a file from Trash, you can view Trash and move the file out of Trash. When you empty Trash, you delete the items in Trash permanently.
You can display the contents of Trash in the following ways:
From the desktop
Double-click on the Trash object on the desktop.
The contents of Trash are displayed in a Nautilus
window.
From a file manager window
Choose Go -> Trash. The contents of Trash are displayed in the window.
You can empty the contents of Trash in the following ways:
From the desktop
Right-click on the Trash object, then choose Empty Trash.
From a file manager window
Choose File -> Empty Trash.