DELETED FILES DO NOT GO TO TRASH

Every time I delete a file, it does not go to trash, it simply disapear so trash bin is useless. How can I fix this problem? I want my deleted files to be shown in my recycle bin.

In that case, if the account in question is an admin account, you would just tack "sudo" on at the beginning:
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
If the affected account is not an admin account, you need to log in to an admin account and do this:
sudo rm -rf /Users/theusername/.Trash
...where "theusername" should be the name of the user folder with the broken trash.

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