Deleted recordings remain on the hard drive. Gone from AppleTV and iPad App, but files still on the Mac hard drive.
That's the way it's supposed to work:
I have been noticing this the past few days. I thought there were issues from a recent windows update and I have been manually deleting it off the disk. I must say that I hate this new feature. When I select delete I want it deleted right away.
There are options to keep deleted at few as one day, but I agree there should be an option for immediate deletion.
2020-02-26 ChannelDVR
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For some, keeping files that have been deleted is a good way to prevent accidental loss.
But consider the traditional method “move to trashcan” where files are held until the trash is emptied.