When you delete a file from a usb where does it go?

When you delete a file from a USB drive, it typically goes to the operating system's recycle bin or trash if the USB is formatted with a file system that supports it. However, if the USB is formatted with a file system that doesn't support a recycle bin (like FAT32 or exFAT), the file is permanently deleted and the space it occupied is marked as available for new data. In either case, the file's data remains on the drive until it is overwritten by new data.