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cannot empty trash of folders. Wierd...

Asked by David Sprung

I renamed a folder (mp3 to mp3a) and deleted it. The problem is, I cannot empty the trash...

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

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

cd
cd ~/.local/share/Trash/files

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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David Sprung (david-sprung) said : 		#2

I tried this code and the items are still there in the trash...

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Please try this:
https://answers.launchpad.net/~marcobra/+questions?field.search_text=trash&field.sort=RELEVANCY&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.language=it&field.language=en&field.language-empty-marker=1&field.status=OPEN&field.status=NEEDSINFO&field.status=ANSWERED&field.status=SOLVED&field.status-empty-marker=1

Hope this helps

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