HI, I use my Electrum wallet app on my Windows PC. I recently deleted an Electrum wallet file (not the app itself). I expected to find the wallet file in the Recycle bin but it wasn't in there. (Normally all Windows files which get deleted go to the Recycle Bin.) Does anyone know why the wallet file didn't go into the Recycle bin? Where did the deleted file go, if not in the Recycle Bin?
Main question - did you delete it outside of the program or did you use Electrum File->Delete?
Electrum deletes file instantly (no Recycle Bin), your only option would be to use 3rd party Recovery services (application or give hdd to service).
First at all, shut down computer and unplug disk.
Thanks for your replies. I wasn't interested in retrieving the wallet file. I just wanted to make sure it was permanently deleted. (For sensitive files, I usually go to the Recycle Bin and delete it again to make sure it's gone forever.) But in answer to @PawGo, yes, I did use
Electrum file->delete. This could explain why the file got deleted instantly without going to Recycle Bin.