In applications that do not include a Trash view, you can set up something like a Trash view, so when you delete documents you still have time to restore them before they are deleted permanently. To do this, you allow "soft deletions," and set up a view for documents that have been softdeleted. ...

In applications that do not have a Trash view, you first mark a document for deletion, and then close the application or refresh the view. Then the document is permanently removed from the application. Note: You must have Author, Editor, or greater access in a application to delete documents. ...

When you delete an email, it goes to your Trash folder, where it stays for a certain number of hours before being deleted forever. To change how long messages stay in the Trash folder before they are deleted forever, click File Preferences. Click Mail. On the Basics tab, enter a number of hours ...