If you delete a file on say a computer or a phone where does it go? Especially when it isn’t connected to an internet source.

Question

If you delete a file on say a computer or a phone where does it go? Especially when it isn’t connected to an internet source.

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Answer 1

Files are simply put on a disk and an index which indicates where on the disk the file is located. When you delete a file, it is removed from the index but will remain on the disk until it is overwritten.