---
id: delta-drive.what-happens-when-i-delete-something-in-delta-drive
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/what-happens-when-i-delete-something-in-delta-drive
category: "Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"
subcategory: "Using Delta Drive"
question: "What happens when I delete something in Delta Drive?"
alt_questions:
  - "Delete a file in Delta Drive"
  - "Move to Trash Delta Drive"
  - "Is deleting in Delta Drive permanent?"
  - "Two files with the same name in Delta Drive trash"
short_answer: "Deleting moves it to Delta Drive's Trash, on your Mac and the web, after showing what will go. Same-named items binned on different days are kept separately, and anything can be put back."
tags: ["delete", "trash", "delta drive"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/does-the-delta-drive-trash-empty-itself", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-restore-something-from-delta-drive-trash"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What happens when I delete something in Delta Drive?

It moves to Delta Drive's **Trash** — on your Mac and on the web alike — and Storage Studio tells you what will go before it does it.

Two files with the same name binned on different days are kept as two different files: the second gets a numbered name rather than replacing the first. From the Trash you can **Put back** anything, or remove it for good.

See [does the trash empty itself?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/does-the-delta-drive-trash-empty-itself) and [putting things back](https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-restore-something-from-delta-drive-trash).