What’s the difference between delete immediately and empty bin? Are they the same?

Delete Immediately is the same as putting the item in the trash then emptying the trash, but does both in one step (and doesn't permanently delete the other items in the trash).

PeterPhiong wrote:

Dumb question. What’s the difference between delete immediately and empty bin? Are they the same?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8d964322-5c0a-494d-bc29-5ab5d9fe6a7c

Did you try...(?) Just a modicum of testing can answer many question going forward.

—One deletes a selected item in the .trash

—The other empties the trash

https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/mac-help/mchlp1093/11.0/mac/11.0