This basic tutorial is about how to delete a file in Mac OS X (Leopard 10.5 and Snow Leopard 10.6 etc).
To delete a file in Mac OS, we have two options.
- Using mouse
- Using keyboard
To delete a file in mac os x using a mouse, we simple do this:
- Goto the folder where the file is located
- select the file
- right click on the file
- select Move to Trash to delete the file
- right click trash icon in the dashboard
- click empty trash to delete the file permanently
To delete the file in mac os x using a keyboard, follow these steps:
- goto the folder where the file to be deleted is located
- select the file
- press command + delete key together to move the file to trash
- press key command + shift + delete to empty the trash
This way you can delete the files using mouse or a keyboard short cut in mac osx