When you hold down on the app icon and it shakes with a little x in the left corner, that deletes an app. Once an item is deleted that is it. There is no trash can like on a mac.
In general, iPad will not produce trash file. But there still are files deleted recently in iPad like Recent Deleted folder in Photos app. You can follow below steps to empty these trash.
Empty Photos Trash on iPad 2/Air
There are a large number of photos on your iPad, you can go through the trash folder called "Recently deleted photos" from Photo app on the iPad. You can imagine how much space has been taken up on your iPad by the deleted photos. Therefore, learning how to empty Photos on iPad is essential to release more space for your iPad. You can follow the simple steps as below.
1. Launch your photos app on iPad.
2. Open the albums list by tapping on Albums menu, then hit on the option "Recently Deleted".
3. You will see the button "Delete All", then tap on this button to make the photos trash empty on your iPad.
Empty Mail Trash on iPad 2/Air
1. Open Mail app on your iPad. Choose the email account that you would like to make the mail trash empty.
2. Tap on "Mailboxes" on the top left corner, then tap on the option "Trash > Edit".
3. Tap on the option "Delete All" on the right corner bottom and then confirm the option "Delete All".
For more details, check: How to Empty Trash on iPad
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In general, an iPad doesn't have a trash at all. Since you don't have access to the file system, files cannot be user-modified or deleted, so a trash is not necessary. Further, apps will generaly take care of their own cache and data usage, so user interventions doesn't generally occur. If you are talking about mail, try using the usual delete functions while navigating the Trash folder and you should permanently delete the message.
Hope this helps,
Alistair
SOURCE: How do I empty the trash can on my ipad
Hi! Well, I'm happy to inform you that there is no trash can on the iPad. Apple is trying hard to simplify the usage as much as they can, hence no trash can to be found.
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4. Tap on the "Trash" folder for your email account.
5. Now that you are looking at the items in the trash folder, tap on
the "Edit" button located just to the right of the word, "Trash".
6. Tap on the "Delete All" icon at the bottom of the screen.
7. A larger "Delete All" button will appear. Tap on that as well.
8. In a few seconds (or longer if you have lots of messages in the
deleted folder) all your messages will be gone and the "Trash" folder
will be empty.
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