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My trash will not empty

Asked by Michelle Walker

I have tried many of the things in the Ubuntu help section...does not work. I have tried locating the folder itself...no such file keeps popping up. This is a recent phenomena. The trash has jpgs of album covers and several public domain movies. I have been able to empty the trash before but not now. Can't even move the items to a desktop now. I tried changing permissions but I am blocked from that as well. Any suggestions?

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

I'm not on an Ubuntu computer and can't check process I propose.
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   cd $HOME # go to folder which contains current user
   sudo find . -name .Trash # as administrator, search a file named ".Trash"
if not found
   sudo find . -name .trash
if not found
   sudo find / -name .Trash # search on whole disk

then
  cd <.Trash found> # replace with name of Trash folder found
  sudo chown -R <username>:<usergroup> # replace by your name and your group which should be the same as name
  sudo chmod -R u+wx * # w is to write, and x is to go inside directories, files will be runnable, but as they will be removed, it's not a problem

then try to empty trash

Last question: do you have removable mass media storage connected (USB key, external drive, ...) ?

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Michelle Walker (milore55) said : 		#2

My problem has been solved