Removing Files or Reference Icons

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• Overview of Icon View Windows
• Creating and Opening Directories
• Opening and Saving Files
• Renaming Files and Directories
• Moving and Copying Files and Directories
• Making a Referenced Copy of an Icon
• Removing Files or Reference Icons
• Changing File and Directory Permissions
• Accessing Files at FTP or Web Sites
• Printing Files
• Creating Files Using Select and Paste
• Managing Icons
  • Sorting Icons
  • Resizing Icons
  • Viewing File Information
  • Displaying Icons in Columns
  • Displaying "Thumbnails" of Image Files
  • Displaying a Quick View of a File
  • Viewing Hidden Files
  • Searching for Icons by Name
  • Using a "Shelf" for Convenient Icon Access
• Anatomy of the Icon View Window
  • About Icon View Menus
    • The Actions Menu
    • The Selected Menu
    • The Sort Menu
    • The View Menu
• Keys and Shortcuts for Icon Views

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• Copyright Information

Removing Files or Reference Icons

To remove an icon, drag it to the Dumpster, or select it and choose "Remove" from the Selected menu. Removing a referenced icon removes only the reference, never the file it points at.

Items in the Dumpster are not gone until you empty it. Until then you can drag them back out. Emptying the Dumpster is permanent.

To remove several icons, select them all first, then remove them in one action.