Draggin it.

[Harvey]

Is there a keyboard shortcut way to delete items from the Finder? It seems the only way to do it is to drag them to the Trash Bin...

I am usually on my iBook with no mouse, and try to avoid dragging my fingers around the touch pad as much as possible.

 

[cfleck]

apple+delete

 

[fryke]

The 'delete' button is also known as the 'backspace' button outside of the USA. Btw., you can also empty the trash afterwards by applying Cmd-Opt-Shift-Backspace.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

To empty the trash you can eliminate the option key from that sequence. It's just Command - Shift - Delete. (Or Apple - Shift - Backspace, if you like...)

 

[bobw]

Control click > move to trash