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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="privacy-purge" xml:lang="pa">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="privacy"/>
<link type="guide" xref="files#more-file-tasks"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-09-29" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-03-23" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-10-12" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-30" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.33.3" date="2019-07-21" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.38.1" date="2020-11-22" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.38.4" date="2021-03-07" status="candidate"/>
<revision version="gnome:46" status="candidate" date="2024-03-02"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
<years>2015</years>
</credit>
<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
<desc>Set how often your trash and temporary files will be cleared
from your computer.</desc>
</info>
<title>Purge trash & temporary files</title>
<p>Clearing out your trash and temporary files removes
unwanted and unneeded files from your computer, and also frees up more
space on your hard drive. You can manually empty your trash and clear
your temporary files, but you can also set your computer to automatically
do this for you.</p>
<p>Temporary files are files created automatically by applications in the
background. They can increase performance by providing a copy of data that
was downloaded or computed.</p>
<steps>
<title>Automatically empty your trash and clear temporary files</title>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Privacy & Security</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Privacy & Security</gui></guiseq> from the
results. This will open the <gui>Privacy & Security</gui> panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>File History & Trash</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Switch on one or both of <gui>Automatically Delete Trash Content</gui>
or <gui>Automatically Delete Temporary Files</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Set how often you would like your <em>Trash</em> and
<em>Temporary Files</em> to be purged by changing the
<gui>Automatically Delete Period</gui> value.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Use the <gui>Empty Trash…</gui> or <gui>Delete Temporary Files…</gui>
buttons to perform these actions immediately.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p>You can delete files immediately and permanently without using the Trash.
See <link xref="files-delete#permanent"/> for information.</p>
</note>
</page>
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