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copied!<p>If you used <kbd>%</kbd><kbd>d</kbd> to select the files (<code>dired-flag-file-deletion</code>), they are considered <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Marks-vs-Flags.html" rel="noreferrer"><em>flagged</em>, not marked</a>. To mark files, you may use <kbd>%</kbd><kbd>m</kbd> (<code>dired-mark</code>). The command <kbd>t</kbd> toggles the marked files (<code>dired-toggle-marks</code>); this was mentioned by event_jr's answer. To convert files from flagged to marked, use the command <kbd>*</kbd><kbd>c</kbd><kbd>D</kbd><kbd>*</kbd> (<code>dired-change-marks</code>).</p> <p>It seems the only command that operates on flagged files is <kbd>x</kbd>, which deletes them (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dired-Deletion.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>dired-do-flagged-delete</code></a>). The same can be achieved on marked files with <kbd>D</kbd> (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Operating-on-Files.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>dired-do-delete</code></a>), and you can do much more on marked files, such as <kbd>R</kbd> (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Operating-on-Files.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>dired-do-rename</code></a>). So apparently the only advantage of flagging are the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Flagging-Many-Files.html" rel="noreferrer">convenient commands to flag "garbage" files</a>, which you may use and then convert the flags to marks anyway.</p>

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