CANNOT FREE UP SPACE! File Vault won't turn off!

My computer is full! Even though I've deleted lots of large files, it will not free up space. Legacy file vault is turned on but I cannot turn it off due to lack of space to do so. It is asking me 300GB to turn it off! My HD is 320GB!! crazy system!
PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ASAP!
Thanks.
Alessandro

hi there,
have you emptied the paper bin in the lower right corner of your screen? Normal deletion moves files there, disk space is not freed until that paper bin has been emptied. To empty it, do a right click on the paper bin and select Empty.
Hope this helps,
Chris

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