I’ve deleted old files that are no longer on my hard drive but remained on the passport. I want to dump them (clear out the files) but I cannot locate a recycle bin on the drive.

Ok thanks. I was confused as other posts mentioned clearing out recycle bin for the drive. None of the files I deleted showed up in my computer recycle bin. So from what you say, the files I deleted are gone. Good. What is the reason for empting the computer recycle before removing the drive? …