The Trash/Wastebasket/Rubbish Bin is a place for files that have been removed from their original folder, but are still available to easily restore if the user made a mistake or changes their mind.
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Delete Files To Trash
Ubuntu 13.04 dual-booting next to Pre-installed Win 8.
I can only delete files to the trash can when I am in the home directory, even for files which belong to me (usually inside /var/www). Selecting ...
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<file> can't be put in the trash. Do you want to delete it immediatly? / Problem with Ubuntu trash on Macbook
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Macbook Pro 5,5 (mid 2009) and I got an problem. When I try to delete any file it prompt an popup with that message. The option are to "cancel", "skip" or "delete ...
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Cannot recover “Trashed” files in 13.04 64 bit
I was working on external hard-disk and my computer stopped responding.
I unplugged the cables of the USB harddisk and forced the system to power off. On restarting the system i discovered the ...
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Cant move files to trash
somehow I cannot move files to trash. The strange thing is, that it works on the desktop-folder, but in other folders it doesn't. What a tried is a
sudo chown -R wegsehen /home/wegsehen/*
But ...
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After upgrading to 13.04 clicking on trash gives “Malformed URL trash://”
After upgrading to 13.04 when I click on the trash can icon in the launcher to view files in the trash gives the following error "Malformed URL trash://".
I checked and the "~/.local/share/Trash/" ...
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Can't move files to the trash
When I want to move a file to the Trash Can, Nautilus give me an message saying this:
You can't move example.file to the trash can. Do you want to remove it
inmediately?
I can give you this ...
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Why did my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop fill with trash windows and lock up?
My Toshiba Portege (w. touch-sensitive rotating "tablet" screen) laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 has been pretty stable, but this morning I left it with the lid nearly down to the keyboard, and when I ...
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Is there a virus active in my Ubuntu? [closed]
I m Using Ubuntu 13.04. Whenever I insert any external memory card or pan drive, a new folder Trash is generated there, which uses huge space of it..
The most important thing is that it is not ...
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What is the “.Trash-1000” folder and how to delete it?
Can someone tell me what the .Trash-1000 folder is and how can I remove/delete it
It taking up 275-Gig of disk space.
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Trash of local filesystem problems with NFS home
Using Ubuntu 12.04.
At the university we have an NIS, and home directories are centralized on an NFS share. When I delete something from my home directory, all is well. However, because the share is ...
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Nautilus trash icon sidebar width
When I open nautilus with the Unity launcher the sidebar width is coherent :
but when I open nautilus with the trash icon in the Unity launcher the sidebar width isn't coherent :
If I press F9 ...
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Delete confirmation dialog doesn't show up when I delete a file
In Ubuntu 12.10, when I hit delete it just deletes the file with no confirmation dialog.
And yes the 'Ask before emptying rubbish bin or deleting files' checkbox is ticked in on the behaviour tab in ...
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Why does emptying the rubbish bin in nautilus take so long?
For the purpose of this question, "large directory" means for example a Linux kernel git repository, or the Chromium source.
If I rm -rf a large directory like this from the shell, it is deleted in ...
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Is there a Trash explorer to explore and restore .Trash-$uid contents?
I work with external storage and mounts a lot, and I often end up with a .Trash directory somewhere, whose contents are not shown in the File Manager trash bin, even though .Trash/files contains a lot ...
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Location of trash icon in Unity Launcher
After I boot my laptop, I see a 'space' between Workspace Switcher and Trash on the launcher. This is the screenshot:
How do I solve this?
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Lubuntu does not remove all deleted items from trash
I have a computer which I installed Lubuntu 12.10 on. I created a trash.desktop icon using the script found here:
http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2018
However, I recently decided to ...
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Erased root trash but still getting no memory
I was coding my site on Apache Server. Suddenly an error came and I got the warning
This computer has only 1.3 GB remaining.
I knew that this was because of the log file in ...
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Why does ~/.local/share/Trash still use lots of space even after emptying the Trash? [closed]
I delete files via Nautilus. I then empty the Trash. It shows as empty. However, ~/.local/share/Trash contains 1.5G of stuff. I have a small SSD and so this is highly annoying. Here's what ...
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Why can't I send items to Trash even though Trash is empty?
I usually delete files permanently using Shift+Delete.
But once I accidentally sent an item to the Trash can using just Delete and got this error:
"Trash can touched maximum limit/Empty Trash can ...
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1answer
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How to empty Grub Customizer Trash?
I have customized Grub using Grub Customizer (version: 3.0.2). I have deleted some entries which are now in Grub Customizer Trash. Since I have no problem with Grub boot loader, so I want to empty ...
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Is there a way I can rename Trash to Crap?
I was trying to Rename the folder Trash to Crap.
I did this
I first ran cd /home/username/.local/share/
Now my present working directory is /home/username/.local/share
then when I typed ls I ...
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Trash folder problem if accessing a NFS-Share via symlink
The Trash-folder of my NFS share is not found, if I access my share (or a subfolder) via symlink.
Reproduction:
- Simply make a symlink to a share or a subdir of it
--> if I accesss sth via ...
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Nautilus - bypass trash by default
The title says it all. I know I can do Shift Delete to remove files bypassing the trash.
What I want, is to just hit Delete and bypass the trash by default. Shift Delete should be to remove to trash.
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How to I stop ubuntu making .Trash folder in each device
Well title says all. As there is no use of this feature for me I want to disable this feature whenever I delete is stays it stays in .Trash folder of a device e.g. Pendrive and with time it start to ...
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Why can't I delete an item(in this case a java tar.gz) file of usb live boot for Xubuntu 12.10?
I am booting Xubuntu 12.10 off a live usb and cannot delete a tar.gz file, every time i try to delete the file it says it cannot find or create the trash directory :( is there anyway to fix this so i ...
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How can I do more with the Trash Can on Ubuntu [closed]
I've noticed that I only press Move TO Trash so
How can I do more with it?
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Trying to restore files in trash to folders that no longer exist
I have received a computer from a client who, though some process he cannot explain, accidentally deleted a lot of files(only moved them to trash thankfully), and then completely deleted the folders ...
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Is recovering from the recycle bin/rubbish bin/trash can available with Gnome or not?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and also downloaded Gnome desktop.
Is recovering from the recycle bin/rubbish bin/trash can available with Gnome or not?
I get conflicting answers about this from Forum search ...
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1answer
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I cannot delete files from root's Trash
I deleted some large files from nautilus launched as sudo. They still show in /home/.Trash-0/files/<foldername>
when I type sudo sh -c "du -h /home | grep -P '[0-9]G\t'" but when I type sudo rm ...
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Command to move a file to Trash via Terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can files/directories deleted from terminal be restored?
I would like to know if there is a command I can issue in a terminal so I do not classically remove (rm) the ...
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'trash:' vs 'trash:/'
A accidentally removed the Trash icon from dolphin, and created a new one, typing 'trash:' for the location. But when I clicked on it it would show the trash folder, but the 'Empty Trash' menu entry ...
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Evolution 3.6 change trash and spam folder of an IMAP account on 12.10
Since I upgraded my to 12.10, there is no possibility to change the standard IMAP folder Spam and Trash. In older versions you could change spam, send, draft and trash under settings of your mail ...
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Trash folder in the wrong location with bound partitions
My NTFS partition is mounted as follows:
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/dos ntfs permissions,locale=en_US.utf8,uid=1000,umask=0 0 0
I bound several folders to my home as follows:
/mnt/dos/Books /home/me/Books none ...
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Has anyone encountered problems with Trash drives on NTFS partitions?
I have my SSD on EXT4 and my shared data drive on NTFS. Unless anyone can think of good reason not to, I want to move the Trash folder out of the cramped SSD onto the NTFS partition.
Any horror ...
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Uninstalling/deleting Calligra
I am installed Calligra on Ubuntu 12.04, but I do not like it and now I want to uninstall it. I am installed unstable release with project-neon. I am tried to delete folder in /opt but I can not ...
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Trash directory totally missing
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity. I just found that there is no Trash directory at:
~/.local/share/Trash like explained here.
Where is the Trash dir?
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Ubuntu no longer asks if I want to delete .trash-1000 upon removal of removal media
Upon removing any removable media, Ubuntu doesn't ask if I want to remove the trash folder to free up space. It used to show a dialogue which prompted me to delete the folder. How can I get this ...
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/var/www owned by my user, cant send files to trash
I changed ownership of /var/www to username:username since im using it only for development but when i try to delete something it wont send the files to the trash but asks me to permanently delete ...
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Re-enable showing of a dialog before moving files to the trash in Kubuntu
I clicked on the "Don't not ask again" check-box of the dialog that was asking whether I'm sure I want to move files to the Trash, but now I've changed my mind and I'd rather have that back.
But I ...
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How to enable trash for NFS mounts?
The /home/users directory on my host is an NFS mount connected to a server which is not in my control. When deleting files in $HOME (/home/users/foo) with Nautilus I get the following message:
...
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What is the location of the Trash folder (recycle bin) on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where is the .Trash folder?
Where do I find the trash folder location in my file system?
I am logging in as a non-root user; have searched in my home directory with the ...
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1answer
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KDE waste bin issues
This has completely bamboozled me.
The waste bin is empty in my dolphin yet I cant delete anything because its claims it full every time I try. I have tried emptying it and it makes no difference. ...
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“Failed to execute default File Manager” error when opening the trash folder
When I click on trash icon, I get this error message:
"Failed to execute default File Manager: Failed to execute child
process "run"(No such file or directory).
Any help is appreciated.
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Is there a restore counterpart to gvfs-trash?
I've used gvfs-trash to move an item to trash from a command-line. Is there a way to restore such a file from the command-line? I've checked other gvfs binaries and don't see one that makes sense?
...
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How can I change Trash icon in unity
I've changed so many icons individually by using Main Menu.
Now I want to change icons of Trash (empty and full trash) with some PNG but I dont know what to do.
Im using Ubuntu 12.04
Many thanks
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Can not get .Trash-1000 working on NTFS auto mount?
I am using fstab to automount a NTFS dive... but I can not get the trash folder to work....
The line when I auto mount in fstab is:
/dev/sdc1 /media/Data ntfs-3g defaults,uid-1000,locale=en_US.utf8 ...
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Delete files from trash after x days
Is there any way to configure Ubuntu to permanently delete files from trash after a certain amount of time?
I don't get why that's not the default behavior in any major OS. I don't want to think ...
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Does Ubuntu Server have a Trash?
I'm rather new to linux. I was wondering if stuff still goes into the "trash" etc while using a server version of ubuntu. I'm been deleting stuff and i just want to make sure the stuff is not being ...
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Trash folder not showing files
how the topic says I can't view my Trash folder in nautilus. I have read all tips here for the same bug but any answer was effective for solving my problem. This issue persist since upgrade to ...
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Trash Bin in Unity launcher shows full even when empty
I'm having a weird problem where my Trash Bin in Unity launcher is showing full when its not. Usually it wouldn't bother me but its been happening so often lately its getting annoying. Any assistance ...
