Move things to trash instead of permanently deleting

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@@ -1253,6 +1253,16 @@
      (setq backup-by-copying t)
    #+end_src
 
+** Use trash
+   Commands like [[help:delete-file][delete-file]] and [[help:delete-directory][delete-directory]], as well as deletion
+   commands in Dired can be made to move things to trash, instead of
+   permanently deleting them. This done by setting the
+   [[help:delete-by-moving-to-trash][delete-by-moving-to-trash]] variable to ~t~.
+
+   #+begin_src emacs-lisp
+     (setq delete-by-moving-to-trash t)
+   #+end_src
+
 * Mail
   Using Mu4e. It requires =mu(1)= tool be set up already. The mu4e
   emacs package is bundled with the system package rather than