The simplest and most direct way to permanently delete files or folders is by using the Shift + Delete keyboard shortcut.

Just select the files and folders that you want to delete and hit these keys. A dialog box will pop open asking you to ...

Are you tired of your Photos app cluttered with old screenshots taking up valuable storage space on your iPhone? Well, fret no more! Thanks to a handy iOS shortcut from Gadget Hacks, you can now ...

To Microsoft’s eternal embarrassment, the most well-known Windows shortcut is the one you use when everything’s gone wrong: Control-Alt-Delete. But what about if you’re using a Mac? Is there a similar ...

Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Sometimes in life, you just have to cut your losses and call it quits. This is certainly the case when your Mac is giving you trouble ...

Technology blogger Amit Agarwal has posted the mysterious keyboard shortcut for deleting messages in Gmail: If you are reading a message in GMail, press the # key (Shift+3) and that message will ...

For whatever reason, the "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog always seems a bit less than convenient to get to for me—mine is usually hidden behind that expanding arrow, and clicking through all the right ...