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How do I delete trash on my Mac?

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When I delete emails where do they go? How do I delete them? Is deleting history the same as deleting trash?

When I delete emails where do they go? How do I delete them? Is deleting history the same as deleting trash?

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mainelady,

Do you mean deleting emails from Thunderbird? You may want to direct that to Thunderbird Support.

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Hello mainelady, if you have a Webmail (like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail etc) then when you delete an email the email goes to trash in the client, and you have to delete it from the trash to completely delete the email.

Deleting history in firefox is something different, see : How do I clear my history?

see also 4 Useful Trash Keyboard Shortcuts Every Mac User Should Know

also, Update Firefox to the latest version, your Firefox 13.0 version is too old, unsupported and vulnerable.


thank you