diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts
index 5a74bd1613eb1bb53ea63b61ab0e0d482b2f08e9..fb1015bcd93c018bf2effb159172a98c55359b59 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/modes.ts
@@ -1387,6 +1387,7 @@ export interface WorkspaceFileEditOptions {
 	recursive?: boolean;
 	copy?: boolean;
 	folder?: boolean;
+	doNotUseTrash?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface WorkspaceFileEdit {
diff --git a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
index 529e1fe793aeca2a59177541a8d053e2ebe25902..ecdeff7514527bf8792722aa95be429f75ca3a48 100644
--- a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
@@ -6262,6 +6262,7 @@ declare namespace monaco.languages {
 		recursive?: boolean;
 		copy?: boolean;
 		folder?: boolean;
+		doNotUseTrash?: boolean;
 	}
 
 	export interface WorkspaceFileEdit {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts
index 96036bd6ad451b3aa913b000634815854e09e05a..a642aa703364ccca554a72098261d3aa29f3b1f7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkFileEdits.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class DeleteOperation implements IFileOperation {
 			}
 		}
 
-		const useTrash = this._fileService.hasCapability(this.oldUri, FileSystemProviderCapabilities.Trash) && this._configurationService.getValue<boolean>('files.enableTrash');
+		const useTrash = this._fileService.hasCapability(this.oldUri, FileSystemProviderCapabilities.Trash) && this._configurationService.getValue<boolean>('files.enableTrash') && !this.options.doNotUseTrash;
 		await this._workingCopyFileService.delete([this.oldUri], { useTrash, recursive: this.options.recursive, ...this.undoRedoInfo });
 		return this._instaService.createInstance(CreateOperation, this.oldUri, this.options, { isUndoing: true }, contents);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/fileActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/fileActions.ts
index cf72ca8e11c643826abf4cd570d4e69c528c2e92..5bfc41397e31da6e331d5915edf30729455d90d2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/fileActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/fileActions.ts
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ async function deleteFiles(explorerService: IExplorerService, bulkEditService: I
 
 	// Call function
 	try {
-		const resourceFileEdits = distinctElements.map(e => new ResourceFileEdit(e.resource, undefined, { recursive: true }));
-		// TODO@Isidor respect the useTrash parameter
+		const resourceFileEdits = distinctElements.map(e => new ResourceFileEdit(e.resource, undefined, { recursive: true, doNotUseTrash: !useTrash }));
 		await bulkEditService.apply(resourceFileEdits, {
 			undoRedoSource: explorerService.undoRedoSource,
 			label: distinctElements.length > 1 ? nls.localize('deleteBulkEdit', "Delete {0} files", distinctElements.length) : nls.localize('deleteFileBulkEdit', "Delete {0}", distinctElements[0].name)