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problem with emptying trashcan

Asked by liwin

I've been trying to suppress elements from the trashcan and one icon from the 'desk' ; impossible ; why ?

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SpLItz (ryad) said : 		#1

Can you provide more information as to what happen when you try to delete them; any error message.

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liwin (mail2winkler1) said : 		#2

thank you for your reply
no, i do not get an error message
when i ask 'empty trashcan , simply does'nt work
nothing happens
(this is the first time!)
thanks in advance for your help

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SpLItz (ryad) said : 		#3

Try emptying with this;
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*

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liwin (mail2winkler1) said : 		#4

thanks for trying to help
unfortunately, i'm not that good with computers and i don't know how to use your information ;
thanks again anyhow !

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Barry Haertel (barry.haertel) said : 		#5

Hello liwin
Open a terminal then type:

sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*

This should resolve your problem

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

cd
cd ~/.local/share/Trash/

Be ABSOLUTELY sure you are in the /home/your_username/.local/share/Trash/files/ to check it please type:

pwd

Then to clean ALL file in your Trash please type:

sudo rm -fr *

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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liwin (mail2winkler1) said : 		#7

ok now
thanks everybody !