Deleteing files on an external hard disk with finder

lately i have been having problems deleting files on external hdd with finder cos the file doesn't appear to be deleted, it deletes them into the ext. hdd
pls how do i make finder delete the files permanetely from the drive?

When you delete a file on the Mac, you drag it to the trash can. What happens if you force empty trash after dragging the file on the external hard drive to the trash?

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