I can't permanently delete files from my macbook

I looked at my disk utility and then used an app to tell me what files are taking up the most space. As I'm looking back there are a whole bunch of files that I uninstalled and deleted. Those files are still listed as taking up space. When I search in spotlight the files aren't listed on the computer at all but are still ''taking up space''. These files were like adobe trials, apps, music, and videos that I no longer wanted on my laptop. I'm still confused as to how they are still listed there. How do I get rid of these files???

Did you empty the trash after deleting the files?
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