> "cutting" a file faded out the icon Cutting a file sets its hidden attribute. If you have turned on display of hidden files then they do indeed appear faded,

> "cutting" a file faded out the icon Cutting a file sets its hidden attribute. If you have turned on display of hidden files then they do indeed appear faded, but you have to be a fairly advanced user for that – for most people they will just seem to disappear. If you cut or copy another file the the first file will be unhidden, and I suppose also on a clean shutdown. Overall it's still confusing for a normal user who doesn't see hidden files, especially if they intentionally used cut without paste to delete a sensitive file.