Can't empty trash [duplicate]
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How can I empty the trash using terminal?
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I visited a lot of forums but found no answer. I have 5 files in my trash bin and I can't delete them, at first after I clicked on the empty trash button it would freeze, now when I do that it just says "preparing" and displays an error while trying to delete files.
I tried deleting it via BleachBit but nothing, tried with terminal command sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/* it doesn't work either. I found out that one of my folders is immutable, I tried to disable that via terminal it didn't work, I can't even restore it, it freezes again.
I've been using Ubuntu 13.10 for few weeks and I am new to Linux. How can I solve this?
trash gvfs
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
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asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
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marked as duplicate by Lucio, Eric Carvalho, belacqua, waltinator, nux May 20 '14 at 6:30
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This question already has an answer here:
How can I empty the trash using terminal?
5 answers
I visited a lot of forums but found no answer. I have 5 files in my trash bin and I can't delete them, at first after I clicked on the empty trash button it would freeze, now when I do that it just says "preparing" and displays an error while trying to delete files.
I tried deleting it via BleachBit but nothing, tried with terminal command sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/* it doesn't work either. I found out that one of my folders is immutable, I tried to disable that via terminal it didn't work, I can't even restore it, it freezes again.
I've been using Ubuntu 13.10 for few weeks and I am new to Linux. How can I solve this?
trash gvfs
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
33.9k26110161
asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
101113
marked as duplicate by Lucio, Eric Carvalho, belacqua, waltinator, nux May 20 '14 at 6:30
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
1
Isn't trash in~/.local/share/Trashinstead of~./Trash? (~represents the home directory by the way). Sorm -rf ~/.local/share/Trashmay work, but try not to remove anything important. If you are VERY sure you could run it as root, but then you would need to runsudo rm -rf /home/USERNAME/.local/share/Trashinstead. Be careful with the -f option.
– Wilf
Nov 3 '13 at 14:48
1
@Lucio A new Q should get closed by Old Q as duplicate.
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 19 '14 at 14:42
2
@raaz that is a stupid rule
– Lucio
May 19 '14 at 16:18
4
@raaz there's no rule that states so. The question with better quality answers should be the master.
– Braiam
May 19 '14 at 18:19
@Braiam Look at the answers, they are same. you dont even look. bravo
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 20 '14 at 5:58
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This question already has an answer here:
How can I empty the trash using terminal?
5 answers
I visited a lot of forums but found no answer. I have 5 files in my trash bin and I can't delete them, at first after I clicked on the empty trash button it would freeze, now when I do that it just says "preparing" and displays an error while trying to delete files.
I tried deleting it via BleachBit but nothing, tried with terminal command sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/* it doesn't work either. I found out that one of my folders is immutable, I tried to disable that via terminal it didn't work, I can't even restore it, it freezes again.
I've been using Ubuntu 13.10 for few weeks and I am new to Linux. How can I solve this?
trash gvfs
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
33.9k26110161
asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
101113
This question already has an answer here:
How can I empty the trash using terminal?
5 answers
I visited a lot of forums but found no answer. I have 5 files in my trash bin and I can't delete them, at first after I clicked on the empty trash button it would freeze, now when I do that it just says "preparing" and displays an error while trying to delete files.
I tried deleting it via BleachBit but nothing, tried with terminal command sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/* it doesn't work either. I found out that one of my folders is immutable, I tried to disable that via terminal it didn't work, I can't even restore it, it freezes again.
I've been using Ubuntu 13.10 for few weeks and I am new to Linux. How can I solve this?
This question already has an answer here:
How can I empty the trash using terminal?
5 answers
trash gvfs
trash gvfs
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
33.9k26110161
asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
101113
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
33.9k26110161
asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
101113
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
33.9k26110161
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
33.9k26110161
edited May 20 '14 at 0:36
Seth♦
33.9k26110161
33.9k26110161
asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
101113
asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
101113
asked Nov 3 '13 at 14:39
Nikobitan
101113
101113
marked as duplicate by Lucio, Eric Carvalho, belacqua, waltinator, nux May 20 '14 at 6:30
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
marked as duplicate by Lucio, Eric Carvalho, belacqua, waltinator, nux May 20 '14 at 6:30
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
1
Isn't trash in~/.local/share/Trashinstead of~./Trash? (~represents the home directory by the way). Sorm -rf ~/.local/share/Trashmay work, but try not to remove anything important. If you are VERY sure you could run it as root, but then you would need to runsudo rm -rf /home/USERNAME/.local/share/Trashinstead. Be careful with the -f option.
– Wilf
Nov 3 '13 at 14:48
1
@Lucio A new Q should get closed by Old Q as duplicate.
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 19 '14 at 14:42
2
@raaz that is a stupid rule
– Lucio
May 19 '14 at 16:18
4
@raaz there's no rule that states so. The question with better quality answers should be the master.
– Braiam
May 19 '14 at 18:19
@Braiam Look at the answers, they are same. you dont even look. bravo
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 20 '14 at 5:58
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1
Isn't trash in~/.local/share/Trashinstead of~./Trash? (~represents the home directory by the way). Sorm -rf ~/.local/share/Trashmay work, but try not to remove anything important. If you are VERY sure you could run it as root, but then you would need to runsudo rm -rf /home/USERNAME/.local/share/Trashinstead. Be careful with the -f option.
– Wilf
Nov 3 '13 at 14:48
1
@Lucio A new Q should get closed by Old Q as duplicate.
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 19 '14 at 14:42
2
@raaz that is a stupid rule
– Lucio
May 19 '14 at 16:18
4
@raaz there's no rule that states so. The question with better quality answers should be the master.
– Braiam
May 19 '14 at 18:19
@Braiam Look at the answers, they are same. you dont even look. bravo
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 20 '14 at 5:58
1
1
Isn't trash in
~/.local/share/Trash instead of ~./Trash? (~ represents the home directory by the way). So rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash may work, but try not to remove anything important. If you are VERY sure you could run it as root, but then you would need to run sudo rm -rf /home/USERNAME/.local/share/Trash instead. Be careful with the -f option.– Wilf
Nov 3 '13 at 14:48
Isn't trash in
~/.local/share/Trash instead of ~./Trash? (~ represents the home directory by the way). So rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash may work, but try not to remove anything important. If you are VERY sure you could run it as root, but then you would need to run sudo rm -rf /home/USERNAME/.local/share/Trash instead. Be careful with the -f option.– Wilf
Nov 3 '13 at 14:48
1
1
@Lucio A new Q should get closed by Old Q as duplicate.
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 19 '14 at 14:42
@Lucio A new Q should get closed by Old Q as duplicate.
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 19 '14 at 14:42
2
2
@raaz that is a stupid rule
– Lucio
May 19 '14 at 16:18
@raaz that is a stupid rule
– Lucio
May 19 '14 at 16:18
4
4
@raaz there's no rule that states so. The question with better quality answers should be the master.
– Braiam
May 19 '14 at 18:19
@raaz there's no rule that states so. The question with better quality answers should be the master.
– Braiam
May 19 '14 at 18:19
@Braiam Look at the answers, they are same. you dont even look. bravo
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 20 '14 at 5:58
@Braiam Look at the answers, they are same. you dont even look. bravo
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 20 '14 at 5:58
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Open your terminal and type the following command to clear the trash
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
It worked thank you! why is not the official answer? sloopy OP-ers ...
– SkyWalker
Sep 17 '15 at 8:21
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On 16.04 this wassudo rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*
– Bar
Sep 27 '16 at 15:55
mark this as answer , i command you! haha
– noogui
Jul 3 at 2:32
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Open your terminal and type the following command to clear the trash
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
It worked thank you! why is not the official answer? sloopy OP-ers ...
– SkyWalker
Sep 17 '15 at 8:21
3
On 16.04 this wassudo rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*
– Bar
Sep 27 '16 at 15:55
mark this as answer , i command you! haha
– noogui
Jul 3 at 2:32
add a comment |
Open your terminal and type the following command to clear the trash
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
It worked thank you! why is not the official answer? sloopy OP-ers ...
– SkyWalker
Sep 17 '15 at 8:21
3
On 16.04 this wassudo rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*
– Bar
Sep 27 '16 at 15:55
mark this as answer , i command you! haha
– noogui
Jul 3 at 2:32
add a comment |
Open your terminal and type the following command to clear the trash
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
Open your terminal and type the following command to clear the trash
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
answered Nov 20 '13 at 0:03
rɑːdʒɑ
56.9k84216301
56.9k84216301
It worked thank you! why is not the official answer? sloopy OP-ers ...
– SkyWalker
Sep 17 '15 at 8:21
3
On 16.04 this wassudo rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*
– Bar
Sep 27 '16 at 15:55
mark this as answer , i command you! haha
– noogui
Jul 3 at 2:32
add a comment |
It worked thank you! why is not the official answer? sloopy OP-ers ...
– SkyWalker
Sep 17 '15 at 8:21
3
On 16.04 this wassudo rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*
– Bar
Sep 27 '16 at 15:55
mark this as answer , i command you! haha
– noogui
Jul 3 at 2:32
It worked thank you! why is not the official answer? sloopy OP-ers ...
– SkyWalker
Sep 17 '15 at 8:21
It worked thank you! why is not the official answer? sloopy OP-ers ...
– SkyWalker
Sep 17 '15 at 8:21
3
3
On 16.04 this was
sudo rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*– Bar
Sep 27 '16 at 15:55
On 16.04 this was
sudo rm -rf .local/share/Trash/files/*– Bar
Sep 27 '16 at 15:55
mark this as answer , i command you! haha
– noogui
Jul 3 at 2:32
mark this as answer , i command you! haha
– noogui
Jul 3 at 2:32
add a comment |
1
Isn't trash in
~/.local/share/Trashinstead of~./Trash? (~represents the home directory by the way). Sorm -rf ~/.local/share/Trashmay work, but try not to remove anything important. If you are VERY sure you could run it as root, but then you would need to runsudo rm -rf /home/USERNAME/.local/share/Trashinstead. Be careful with the -f option.– Wilf
Nov 3 '13 at 14:48
1
@Lucio A new Q should get closed by Old Q as duplicate.
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 19 '14 at 14:42
2
@raaz that is a stupid rule
– Lucio
May 19 '14 at 16:18
4
@raaz there's no rule that states so. The question with better quality answers should be the master.
– Braiam
May 19 '14 at 18:19
@Braiam Look at the answers, they are same. you dont even look. bravo
– rɑːdʒɑ
May 20 '14 at 5:58