How to resolve “permission denied” when emptying the trash?
I installed a game, and then decided to erase it. I sent it to the recycle bin, but I was unable to delete it completely (Permission denied). When I moved it back to the desktop, a copy remained in the recycle.
I sent it back to the bin, and back to the desktop; so I ended with 2 copies of the file in the bin, and one on the desktop.
Finally I noticed that a file inside the game was protected. I changed the permission settings to the desktop copy and I was able to erase it completely, but I was not able to change the permission settings on the 2 copies I still have in the bin (the backend do not support the operation)
I just want to empty the recycle bin!
permissions trash
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I installed a game, and then decided to erase it. I sent it to the recycle bin, but I was unable to delete it completely (Permission denied). When I moved it back to the desktop, a copy remained in the recycle.
I sent it back to the bin, and back to the desktop; so I ended with 2 copies of the file in the bin, and one on the desktop.
Finally I noticed that a file inside the game was protected. I changed the permission settings to the desktop copy and I was able to erase it completely, but I was not able to change the permission settings on the 2 copies I still have in the bin (the backend do not support the operation)
I just want to empty the recycle bin!
permissions trash
edited Apr 23 '12 at 19:52
Jjed
10.7k65989
asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:43
fusqfusq
23113
add a comment |
I installed a game, and then decided to erase it. I sent it to the recycle bin, but I was unable to delete it completely (Permission denied). When I moved it back to the desktop, a copy remained in the recycle.
I sent it back to the bin, and back to the desktop; so I ended with 2 copies of the file in the bin, and one on the desktop.
Finally I noticed that a file inside the game was protected. I changed the permission settings to the desktop copy and I was able to erase it completely, but I was not able to change the permission settings on the 2 copies I still have in the bin (the backend do not support the operation)
I just want to empty the recycle bin!
permissions trash
edited Apr 23 '12 at 19:52
Jjed
10.7k65989
asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:43
fusqfusq
23113
I installed a game, and then decided to erase it. I sent it to the recycle bin, but I was unable to delete it completely (Permission denied). When I moved it back to the desktop, a copy remained in the recycle.
I sent it back to the bin, and back to the desktop; so I ended with 2 copies of the file in the bin, and one on the desktop.
Finally I noticed that a file inside the game was protected. I changed the permission settings to the desktop copy and I was able to erase it completely, but I was not able to change the permission settings on the 2 copies I still have in the bin (the backend do not support the operation)
I just want to empty the recycle bin!
permissions trash
permissions trash
edited Apr 23 '12 at 19:52
Jjed
10.7k65989
asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:43
fusqfusq
23113
edited Apr 23 '12 at 19:52
Jjed
10.7k65989
asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:43
fusqfusq
23113
edited Apr 23 '12 at 19:52
Jjed
10.7k65989
edited Apr 23 '12 at 19:52
Jjed
10.7k65989
edited Apr 23 '12 at 19:52
Jjed
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10.7k65989
asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:43
fusqfusq
23113
asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:43
fusqfusq
23113
asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:43
fusqfusq
23113
23113
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The following command will empty the trash
sudo rm -rv .local/share/Trash/
And when you don't want any prompts with 'Do you want to delete write protected file x?' add the -f option.
sudo rm -rvf .local/share/Trash/
answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
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Can you set set my answer as 'Accepted answer'? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/…
– OrangeTux
Apr 24 '12 at 9:19
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A solution is to first change permissions in the Trash folder
(and then to empty it in the usual way:)
cd ~/.local/share/Trash
sudo chown -R your_user_name:your_group *
(And then empty it the usual way)
answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
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I didn't even had local Trash folder, for me solution was to create it and than give permissions to local user over everything in that folder.
mkdir /home/(username)/.local/share/Trash
and than:
sudo chown -R username:username Trash/
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
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The following command will empty the trash
sudo rm -rv .local/share/Trash/
And when you don't want any prompts with 'Do you want to delete write protected file x?' add the -f option.
sudo rm -rvf .local/share/Trash/
answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
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Can you set set my answer as 'Accepted answer'? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/…
– OrangeTux
Apr 24 '12 at 9:19
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The following command will empty the trash
sudo rm -rv .local/share/Trash/
And when you don't want any prompts with 'Do you want to delete write protected file x?' add the -f option.
sudo rm -rvf .local/share/Trash/
answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
3,58282452
Can you set set my answer as 'Accepted answer'? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/…
– OrangeTux
Apr 24 '12 at 9:19
add a comment |
The following command will empty the trash
sudo rm -rv .local/share/Trash/
And when you don't want any prompts with 'Do you want to delete write protected file x?' add the -f option.
sudo rm -rvf .local/share/Trash/
answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
3,58282452
The following command will empty the trash
sudo rm -rv .local/share/Trash/
And when you don't want any prompts with 'Do you want to delete write protected file x?' add the -f option.
sudo rm -rvf .local/share/Trash/
answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
3,58282452
edited Apr 23 '12 at 20:13
answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
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answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
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answered Apr 23 '12 at 20:02
OrangeTuxOrangeTux
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Can you set set my answer as 'Accepted answer'? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/…
– OrangeTux
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Can you set set my answer as 'Accepted answer'? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/…
– OrangeTux
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Can you set set my answer as 'Accepted answer'? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/…
– OrangeTux
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Can you set set my answer as 'Accepted answer'? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/…
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A solution is to first change permissions in the Trash folder
(and then to empty it in the usual way:)
cd ~/.local/share/Trash
sudo chown -R your_user_name:your_group *
(And then empty it the usual way)
answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
211
add a comment |
A solution is to first change permissions in the Trash folder
(and then to empty it in the usual way:)
cd ~/.local/share/Trash
sudo chown -R your_user_name:your_group *
(And then empty it the usual way)
answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
211
add a comment |
A solution is to first change permissions in the Trash folder
(and then to empty it in the usual way:)
cd ~/.local/share/Trash
sudo chown -R your_user_name:your_group *
(And then empty it the usual way)
answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
211
A solution is to first change permissions in the Trash folder
(and then to empty it in the usual way:)
cd ~/.local/share/Trash
sudo chown -R your_user_name:your_group *
(And then empty it the usual way)
answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
211
answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
211
answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
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answered Aug 27 '14 at 17:26
Rafael NonatoRafael Nonato
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211
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add a comment |
I didn't even had local Trash folder, for me solution was to create it and than give permissions to local user over everything in that folder.
mkdir /home/(username)/.local/share/Trash
and than:
sudo chown -R username:username Trash/
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
992
add a comment |
I didn't even had local Trash folder, for me solution was to create it and than give permissions to local user over everything in that folder.
mkdir /home/(username)/.local/share/Trash
and than:
sudo chown -R username:username Trash/
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
992
add a comment |
I didn't even had local Trash folder, for me solution was to create it and than give permissions to local user over everything in that folder.
mkdir /home/(username)/.local/share/Trash
and than:
sudo chown -R username:username Trash/
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
992
I didn't even had local Trash folder, for me solution was to create it and than give permissions to local user over everything in that folder.
mkdir /home/(username)/.local/share/Trash
and than:
sudo chown -R username:username Trash/
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
992
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
992
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
992
answered Dec 27 '18 at 10:32
HarveyHarvey
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992
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