Dragging a screenshot to the Trash from the NotchStar tray
Dragging a screenshot from the NotchStar tray onto the Trash in the Dock moves the file to the Trash, the same as dragging any file there. The Trash choice in a thumbnail’s right click menu, Move to Trash, does the same. Nothing else in the tray ever deletes a file.
Two ways to bin a screenshot
- Drag. Press on the thumbnail, drag to the Trash icon in the Dock and let go. NotchStar allows a delete operation for drags that leave the app, so the Dock accepts it.
- Menu. Right click the thumbnail and choose Move to Trash.
In both cases the thumbnail leaves the tray at once.
It is a normal Trash move
NotchStar asks macOS to trash the file, so it sits in the Trash like any other. Until you empty the Trash, you can open the Trash and take it out. After the Trash is emptied it is gone, as usual.
Do not confuse it with Remove
- Remove from notch (or the small x on hover) only takes the thumbnail off the tray. The file stays.
- Move to Trash takes the file off your Mac’s folder.
- Remove all from notch clears the tray and keeps every file.
Picked screenshots
If several screenshots are picked and you drag one of them to the Trash, all picked files go. With Option held at the start, every screenshot in the tray goes. Check what is outlined before you drop on the Trash.
The tray does not delete anything by itself when screenshots expire. Read what happens to the file. The overview is on the Screenshot Tray page.
