Is it possible to copy everything from the trash and to the desktop or a jump drive? If so, then empty the trash, add your personal stuff to the trash and empty it and then add their stuff to the trash and leave it.
Thanks. That was a no-brainer, really.
I want to know why you moved files to the trash that you don’t want to delete? If you want to save them but remove them from the HD, then put the files in a folder and burn a CD or move them to a flash drive.
Trash is for .....trash. I recommend using the “secure empty trash”., that way the file never comes back to haunt you.