How do I permanently delete photos from my hard drive?

Hi.
I have deleted photos from my iPhoto but now I want them off my hard drive to increase space. I forget how to do this. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Margie

Move them form the library view (events or photos) to the iPhoto trash in the source pane on the left and empty the iPhoto trash - iPhoto menu ==> empty trash
Deleting them from an album deletes them only from that album not from the library or from disk
LN

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