Eli5 how is data deleted

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Like where does it go?

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Answer 1

Data is hardly ever fully deleted unless you actually destroy the server/hard drive/whatever storage that it’s on, and even then it might not be, just inaccessible. Usually though data is just overwritten with more data or you tell the drive (which is binary at it’s base level) to turn all the 1’s in a sector to 0’s, which is essentially clearing it.