I'm on Kubuntu 11.04, and deleting in Krusader I get "Thrash has reached maximum size" even when I have 10M in ~/.local/share/Trash/files
. So my question is why is that? How do I set the allowed size of the trash bin?
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Can you look at dolphin - settings -configure dolphin - wastebin. Have you got the limit checkbox checked - and if so what is the percentage and the maximum value reported. Does the max value equal the disk space actually left?– fossfreedom ♦Aug 27, 2011 at 14:49
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It's fine: I have 219G free, and in Dolphin it says 10% for a trash bin (it's 44,9G). I don't remember such a problem when I was using Dolphin. I'm later switched though to Krusader...– AdobeAug 27, 2011 at 15:20
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weird - sounds like a bug - if you dont get an answer - file a launchpad bug quoting the free-space comparison against dolphin.– fossfreedom ♦Aug 27, 2011 at 15:44
4 Answers
Easier still...
- Open Dolphin
- Select 'Control' from the top of the window
- Select 'Configure Dolphin'
- Select Wastbin
- Un-check limit to maximum size
- Select apply
And you don't even have to open a horrid terminal
Try Krusader Tools > Empty trash
instead of empty trash button.
Removing trash metadata file works too - until you reach trash limit again - rm ~/.local/share/Trash/metadata
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It was long time ago: the bug somehow got fixed with updates and upgrades.– AdobeAug 25, 2013 at 18:17
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In my case size of trash in the metadata file had somehow become a huge number, even though there were no files. Removing metadata worked for me.– user578496Jul 19, 2017 at 4:27
This UserAction solves it:
mv %aList("Selected")% $HOME/.local/share/Trash/files
Edit:
The following works faster (but be careful)
rm -rf %aList("Selected")%
I had this problem and solved it in the File manager (Dolphin in my case) configuration i went to Trash tab and there switched "Full trash" option from "Show a warning" to "Delete biggest files from trash". I am guessing other file managers have similar option.