Where do permanently deleted files go in a computer?

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Is it true that once files are deleted from the recycling bin (or “trash” via Mac), they remain stored somewhere on a hard drive? If so, wouldn’t this still fill up space?

If you can fully delete them, are the files actually destroyed in a sense?

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Nowhere. The file is hidden with the filename prepended with a special character that the OS hides. It is then “available” to be overwritten

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