<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="privacy-purge" xml:lang="da">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="privacy"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="files#more-file-tasks"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-09-29" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-03-23" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-10-12" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-30" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Shaun McCance</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2015</years>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Set how often your trash and temporary files will be cleared

    from your computer.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Purge trash & temporary files</title>

  
Clearing out your trash and temporary files removes

  unwanted and unneeded files from your computer, and also frees up more

  space on your hard drive. You can manually empty your trash and clear

  your temporary files, but you can also set your computer to automatically

  do this for you.

  
Temporary files are files created automatically by applications in the

  background. They can increase performance by providing a copy of data that

  was downloaded or computed.

  <steps>

    <title>Automatically empty your trash and clear temporary files</title>

    <item>

      
Åbn <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Aktivitetsoversigten</gui> og begynd at skrive <gui>Privatliv</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Privacy</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Select <gui>Purge Trash & Temporary Files</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Set one or both of the <gui>Automatically empty Trash</gui> or

      <gui>Automatically purge Temporary Files</gui> switches to

      <gui>ON</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Set how often you would like your Trash  and

      Temporary Files to be purged by changing the

      <gui>Purge After</gui> value.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Use the <gui>Empty Trash</gui> or <gui>Purge Temporary Files</gui>

      buttons to perform these actions immediately.

    </item>

  </steps>

  <note style="tip">

    
You can delete files immediately and permanently without using the Trash.

    See <link xref="files-delete#permanent"/> for information.

  </note>

</page>