Problems with freeing space on my macbook

I had 40gb on my mac so i deleted two movies a few days ago that were 10gb each. when i checked to see if i got 20gb back, it said the same 40gb of space that was available. does anyone know why im not freeing up memory? i have the late macbook pro retina 2012 with latest version of Mavericks.

Hello Avraham,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with the amount of free space on your MacBook Pro. It sounds like you have moved some large video files to the trash. The next step is to empty the trash if you have not done this yet.
Follow these steps to empty the trash:
Remove an item from your Mac
Drag the item to the Trash, located at the end of the Dock. Or select the item, then press Command (⌘)-Delete.
Choose Finder > Empty Trash, or press Shift–Command (⌘)-Delete. When you see a warning message, click OK.
If you see a Finder > Secure Empty Trash option but not a Finder > Empty Trash option, see: If there’s no Empty Trash command in the Finder menu
You can find the full article here:
OS X Mavericks: Remove files and folders from your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13765
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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