This minHour teaches you how to permanently delete a Zip file, and remove all of its contents from your computer.
Using Windows
Open the File Explorer in a new window.
You can search File Explorer, or find it on your Start menu.
- You can also just open any folder on your computer to open a new File Explorer window.
Locate the Zip file you want to delete.
Browse your folders in File Explorer, or use the field on the top-right corner, and find the Zip file you want to delete.
Click your Zip file in File Explorer.
This will select and highlight the Zip file.
Press ⇧ Shift+Delete on your keyboard.
This keyboard combination will permanently delete the selected Zip file without moving it to your trash folder or Recycle Bin.
- You will have to confirm your action in a new pop-up window.
- If you just want to move the file to Recycle Bin, press .
Click Yes in the confirmation pop-up.
This will permanently delete your Zip file, and remove it from your PC.
Using Mac
Open a new Finder window.
Click the blue smiling face icon the far-left end of your Dock to open Finder.
Find the Zip archive you want to delete.
Browse your files, or use the bar on the top-right corner of the Finder window, and open the folder that contains the Zip file you want to delete.
Right-click on the Zip file you want to delete.
This will open your right-click options on a drop-down menu.
Select Move to Trash on the right-click menu.
This will move the selected Zip file to your computer’s Trash bin.
Open your Trash folder.
Click the trash bin icon on the far-right end of your Dock to open Trash in a new window.
Right-click your Zip file in Trash.
This will open your right-click menu.
Select Delete Immediately on the right-click menu.
This will permanently delete the selected Zip file, and remove it from your Mac.
- Alternatively, you can select Empty Trash on the right-click menu here to delete everything in your Trash.