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[[File:User-trash.svg|thumb|Example of an empty trash can/recycling bin icon, here designed by the [[Tango Desktop Project]].]]

[[File:User-trash-full.svg|thumb|Example of a "trash can/recycling bin containing files" icon, here designed by the [[Tango Desktop Project]].]]

In [[computing]], the '''trash''' (also known as the '''recycle bin''' and by other names) is temporary storage for [[computer file|files]] that have been deleted in a [[file manager]] by the user, but not yet permanently erased from the file system. Typically, a recycle bin is presented as a special [[file directory]] to the user (whether or not it is actually a single directory depends on the implementation), allowing the user to browse deleted files, [[undeletion|undelete]] those that were deleted by mistake, or delete them permanently (either one by one, or by the "Empty Trash" function).