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I am not able to delete 2 png files from trash. However I am able to delete other files. When i click on empty in the trash nothing is happening and when i select both the files and click on remove from trash it is showing

Error while deleting

You do not have sufficient permissions to the file xxx.png Failed to delete the item from the trash.

I tried the command sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/* but no results.

When I go to sudo nautilus and to trash, it is showing This location could not be displayed Sorry, could not display all the contents of "trash:///": Operation not supported

command df $(find . -type f) (under ~/.local/share/Trash/) gives

Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev             3975532        0   3975532   0% /dev
tmpfs             800940     2076    798864   1% /run
/dev/sdb4      101265424 27146484  68931920  29% /
tmpfs            4004696   804408   3200288  21% /dev/shm
tmpfs               5120        4      5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs            4004696        0   4004696   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0          9344     9344         0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/95
/dev/loop1        100224   100224         0 100% /snap/core/10444
/dev/loop2        100224   100224         0 100% /snap/core/10577
/dev/loop4        166784   166784         0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145
/dev/loop3         56832    56832         0 100% /snap/core18/1944
/dev/loop5         56704    56704         0 100% /snap/core18/1932
/dev/loop6        238976   238976         0 100% /snap/gimp/322
/dev/loop7        246656   246656         0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24
/dev/loop8        267008   267008         0 100% /snap/kde-frameworks-5-core18/32
/dev/loop9         66432    66432         0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1514
/dev/loop10       223232   223232         0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/60
/dev/loop11        31872    31872         0 100% /snap/snapd/10492
/dev/loop12        65920    65920         0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1513
/dev/loop13        52352    52352         0 100% /snap/snap-store/518
/dev/loop14        36736    36736         0 100% /snap/synfigstudio/1
/dev/loop15       653824   653824         0 100% /snap/whatsdesk/20
/dev/loop16        52352    52352         0 100% /snap/snap-store/498
/dev/loop17        31872    31872         0 100% /snap/snapd/10238
/dev/sdb1          97280    33330     63950  35% /boot/efi
tmpfs             800936      104    800832   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sda4      325582844  1874124 323708720   1% /media/cheran/New Volume

and command ls -li $(find . -type f) gives

total 12
3411035 drwx------ 2 cheran cheran 4096 Jan  3 14:48 expunged
3410985 drwx------ 2 cheran cheran 4096 Jan  3 14:48 files
3410617 drwx------ 2 cheran cheran 4096 Jan  3 14:48 info

Please help me with deleting these files.

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  • Could those items have been deleted whilst another drive was mounted (eg. removable external drive?) if so, when the drive is connected, you'll be able to remove them.
    – guiverc
    Jan 3, 2021 at 9:45
  • No the images were not deleted before. I cannot delete even when a external drive is connected
    – Cheran Elavakumar
    Jan 3, 2021 at 9:53
  • Please add the output of the following commands to your original post df $(find ~/.local/share/Trash/ -type f) and ls -li $(find ~/.local/share/Trash/ -type f). (You can mask your file names, but not the extensions if you want.) And, please answer also this: Can you view the contents of these files, using less <filename> for example?
    – FedKad
    Jan 3, 2021 at 10:24
  • @FedonKadifeli added
    – Cheran Elavakumar
    Jan 3, 2021 at 10:55
  • Your outputs show that find has found no file. Are you sure there are files under ~/.local/share/Trash/. Please, first do cd ~/.local/share/Trash/ and then run the commands df $(find . -type f) and ls -li $(find . -type f). Please delete the outputs you already pasted in to your question (they are useless) and add the new outputs from the commands I have just given.
    – FedKad
    Jan 3, 2021 at 11:14

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Your Trash for your /home (device: /dev/sdb4) directory is currently empty.

However, you may have deleted files under device /dev/sda4 which seems to be mounted at /media/cheran/New Volume. To check these files run:

find /media/cheran/New\ Volume/.Trash-* -type f

If you are sure that these are the files to be deleted, run:

rm $(find /media/cheran/New\ Volume/.Trash-* -type f)

Note: You may need to add sudo before rm if you do not have permission.

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  • It worked !!!! Thanks :) But I want to know what is that -type f that you have used there (I am a newbie)
    – Cheran Elavakumar
    Jan 3, 2021 at 13:57
  • find with option -type f will list only "files", not "directories". Please, do not forget to accept (click check mark on the left of) the answer.
    – FedKad
    Jan 3, 2021 at 14:04
  • Ooh. Thanks for the info :D . accepted.
    – Cheran Elavakumar
    Jan 3, 2021 at 15:12

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