Yeah, I think it's disingenous that the OP didn't mention that warning message, or the screenshot. I still feel bad for him - but the warning clearly says: "A

Yeah, I think it's disingenous that the OP didn't mention that warning message, or the screenshot. I still feel bad for him - but the warning clearly says: "An item you recently removed from your Google Drive folder has been moved to your trash on drive.google.com. This item is just a link. If you empty your trash on drive.google.com, this item will be permanently deleted."