I can confirm @Faffe's findings:
Shift + Delete seems to work identically in Explorer & TC: it deletes files right away without sending to the Recycle Bin. (Thanks Christian, I hadn't tried this.)
But just pressing
Delete gives different results in Explorer vs. TC (on Windows 10 1903):
- TC downloads the file and then deletes, putting the file in the Recycle Bin. (This is potentially super-slow.)
- Explorer deletes the file without putting it in the Recycle Bin. (I am on Windows 10 1903.)
Note that Explorer also shows a warning:
"Deleting an online-only file permanently removes it from your PC without sending it to the Recycle Bin. Are you sure you want to continue?"
I came here to report the TC method of "downloading first" as a bug (since it differs from Explorer), and I guess I still believe it is a "bug", but I didn't realize that it actually has the added benefit of using the Recycle Bin. But you might not always want that , but as Christian pointed out, then we have Shift + Delete in TC to bypass it...
What do we prefer? Consistency with Explorer or inconsistency but with added flexibility?