The contents of your PC’s Recycle Bin or Mac’s Trash Can are only cleared out when you empty them. Kim Komando offers tips to permanently delete data.

How to Permanently Delete Images So That No One Can Find Them on Your Computer. Whether you're clearing space off of your hard drive or want to remove some embarrassing pictures from your recent ...

I recommend using the free program Eraser to permanently delete your data. Eraser writes over files with meaningless data, making the files unrecoverable.

Ideally, items deleted from your Junk folder should be permanently deleted when you instruct the email program to do so.

Ideally, items deleted from your Junk folder should be permanently deleted when you instruct the email program to do so.

Step 3: Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account At this point you should have your Facebook data backed up and have used the Social Book Post Manager Chrome extension to wipe your profile.

Tired of Meta? We explain what your Meta account is and provide the simple steps to permanently delete your Meta account and all of your associated data.

Whether it's to avoid political rants or you worry about how your data is managed, it is easy to delete Facebook if you're ready to leave.