Last year, Android 11 took over a “hidden” feature from the 90’s: a “trash” for deleted files. At that time, the files in the trash were not actually user-manageable. Applications might mark items for deletion (it would bite the dust 30 days later) and give them their own ways to restore them, but it wasn’t the kind of centralized “trash” or “trash” for deleted files. effective. you are used to other platforms. But based on a recent report, this could change in Android 12.
For a bit of context, that change was part of the ongoing changes to Android “Scoped Storage” and was not directly user-oriented. This means that developers could use it and build support in their applications – such as Google Photos or Google Drive’s new 30-day deletion policy – but you wouldn’t be able to manage local files directly with it. At least not yet.
The last part seemed to change at the end of last year, when a feature was identified for the Files by Google app, which will allow it to display Android 11’s “trash” files in a conveniently accessible folder in the menu in the sidebar of the application. This has not been released yet, but in parallel with it, Android 12 per se can be built in support for garbage file management.
Images of the new system -> “Trash” section, by XDA Developers.
All of these, of course, are subject to change, but a recent disassembly from XDA Developers indicates that the storage panel in Settings can get a new “trash” list that indicates the space occupied by these files in the trash, the number of trash cans and offers you to allow yourself to empty the trash and delete them. The commands are a little less granular than the feature seen in development for the Files by Google app, but it’s also built into the system itself.
Curiously, although the feature in Files by Google was discovered last year and should only depend on Android 11 to work, Google has not yet released it. Based on this latest development, Google may keep showing up there until Android 12 is over – although there’s nothing really stopping Files by Google from receiving it first. Either way, Android 12 is ready to catch up with the latest file deletion technologies in Windows 95.
