In Windows, as is common knowledge, if a user wishes to delete multiple files from the trash, i.e., Recycle Bin, all you do is hold down Control to highlight which files you want to delete and then right-click one of the highlighted files and choose “Delete” and voila! they are all gone, in one fell swoop.
Please don’t tell me with a Mac, you actually have to move files around and separate them first, in order to delete what you want to delete, without also deleting stuff you don’t want to delete.
I guess the idea is that it is assumed that what you want to delete, you put in the trash. And if you change your mind, you take it back out again.
I never knew that Windows would delete selected trash items - but then why would I ever use that feature? If I want to save files I don’t put them in the trash (I’m kinda the same way about other things as well- like food, clothing, household items). In any event, if you have TM set up then delete away to your heart’s content.