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Any-Broccoli-3911 t1_iy4gc16 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 6:01 PM

Reply to comment by unlikemike123 in eli5 How is computer memory deleted? by unlikemike123

Your free memory is the memory your computer is allowed to use, which includes any deleted files even if it's still there. Your computer doesn't care about the information in the free memory, but it's recoverable.