Photo storage and delete questions

Hello there,
I have photoshop cs51 and bridge.  I also have a new version of lightroom (I tried but was unable to download and use the creative cloud versions so had to do separate).  My versions of PS and bridge will not open raw, so i'm using 90% LR and only bringing photos into PS when I need that little extra.  I'm fine doing it that way.  I'm having a huge issue with photo storage and have some questions I'm hoping someone can answer.  Obviosly I'm not very technical, so simple answers work best.
I had LR for months before PS and bridge.  Bridge has imported many of my photos.  If I delete them from bridge, will they be deleted from my computer, or only bridge?  Would it be possible for me to delete the bridge program, as I don't use it?
My one year old Mac is already full and running out of storage.  I've moved my LR catalogues over to a portable HD.  It's my understanding that it 'removes' those photos....but keeps a thumbnail in LR for me to see.  I can only access the photos when they portable HD is connected to my Mac.  However, there is still SO much space being taken up by my photo's.  I'm not sure why.  Should I remove the thumnails from LR?  Do they still take up  a lot of space?
I have been unable to load new photo's due to this issue.  Any help is appreciated!  Thank you!

Bridge does not, like Lightroom, import photos. If you delete an image in Bridge, you delete it from your computer. I don't think you can uninstall Bridge, it's probably part of the Photoshop install.
You should move your photos to the external HD, not the LR catalogs. The catalogs don't take up much space, your photos do. (And, btw, there's no need to have several catalogs, one is usally enough.) But you can leave your catalogs on the external HD if you like.
When you move you photos to the external HD, make sure to keep the original folder structure. If you have a parent folder containing all your photos, the move will be easier. LR will put a question mark on all your files and folder. If you have a parent folder, then right click it in LR, and direct LR to the new location on the external HD.

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