How are you deleting the files - thru Windows (in which case it's a
problem) or using VBA in Excel (where it's not).
If the latter, then the Kill command (which you are presumably using)
doesn't do niceties like sending the file to the recycle bin - it
deletes them properly.
You can learn more about this, and what workarounds to use here:
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