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If you delete a shortcut from your desktop, have you also deleted the original file?

User Ramon Medeiros
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I don’t think so. When you delete a shortcut, it’s deleting the way to get there faster and not the file itself. To delete the original file, you would have to go directly to it or delete. Also make sure to delete it permanently if you want, because after you delete it there tends to be an option where you could bring it back, unless the device actually tells your the file is going to be deleted permanently the first time.
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