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    There are programs that can recover deleted files (as long as those sectors on the hard drive are not overwritten in the mean time!). When this happens, you should use one of those... Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 13:54
  • Also see askubuntu.com/q/468721/250556 for googlers looking for ubuntu/debian/linux file trashing. Commented Jul 16, 2015 at 19:48
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    UPDATE: For macOS 15 Sequoia and later, see this Answer by miu for modern solution using built-in trash command. Commented Apr 11 at 21:51