I have some directories that I need to clean up, by moving some files into more directories (sigh) or deleting files. There doesn't appear to be a way to turn

I have some directories that I need to clean up, by moving some files into more directories (sigh) or deleting files. There doesn't appear to be a way to turn off "do you mean to delete this file?" in the preferences. And "delete" doesn't mean what I thought it meant - I want to do what it calls "permanently delete". Guess it's back to two finder windows.