But is Delete Immediately any faster than Move to Trash? Let's have a look. With OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Apple introduced a way to bypass the trash when deleting a file - Delete Immediately. And then when you accidentally open the Trash folder and realize how many files you have stashed there, you go ahead and empty the trash. The tried-and-true method of deleting a file on a Mac is to drag it to the trash or right-click on the file and select Move to Trash.