Questions tagged [delete]
Deleting usually means the act of removing files from their former locations on the system.
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Delete Alt-F2 history [duplicate]
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How can I delete the command line history from the dash?
Can anybody tell me configuration or file address where it is (on GNOME 3).
On gnome2 it was in config /apps/gnome-...
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Delete message from jabber history in Empathy 3.2
I accidentially sent a message with private information to a friend of mine on Jabber (using Empathy 3.2).
I now want to delete this message from the history, but I cannot find where Empathy 3.2 ...
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Why is a .Trash-1000 hidden folder created when I try to delete files from a mounted MicroSD card?
I have recently been mounting my Android phone via a USB cable and have been adding and deleting files to the microSD card. However I noticed that space was not being freed up when I deleted files. It ...
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Right clicking a file, Can't delete files/folders, no option to delete.
I have some files and folders that I can't delete. I click menu -> right click and the delete option is not available.
I can delete by using the terminal, but I'd prefer to do it from the GUI.
It's ...
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How to delete files irreversibly? [duplicate]
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How to delete file(s) in secure manner?
I read that the files which are permanently deleted still can be recovered with some utilities and methods.
I want to know how can I ...
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How can I remove shortcuts in Cinnamon?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 with Cinnamon. How can I remove shortcuts?
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How to delete all the files with a certain extension from a folder and all of its subfolders? [duplicate]
I want to remove all the .jpg files from my Music folder in order to save room. My Music folder contains subfolders, and I would like to know if there is a command to remove all the .jpg files from ...
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Does Banshee have a log of files deleted from the drive from within Banshee?
does Banshee have a log of files deleted from the drive from within Banshee? Apparently all these dupes I was seeing in my library and deleting weren't dupes, but a bug :(
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/...
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delete files with particular character length and a extension in a directory using some command in terminal window
I would like to know what command must be executed in the terminal window which will enable us to delete files with a particular extension(say .c) in a particular directory whose name length is 6 ...
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Unable to delete recup_dir.1 folder
A folder was created when I used a utility to recover pictures from a cd card that I deleted by mistake.
Now I can't delete it or move it. I am told I am not the owner of it even when I am logged on ...
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Ubuntu restore deleted files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best tool to recover removed files
I just run command: rm -r ~/.config/ ~/.cache/ and all my files from computer are gone. How I can restore them?
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How to delete files/folders etc [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What do I have to do before giving away my Ubuntu machine?
How to delete file(s) in secure manner?
I intend to sell my laptop and therefor I am looking for some solution to ...
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I cannot delete any or all contacts with the U1 webinterface
I'm not able to delete a single contact or all contacts on the Ubuntu One website.
I have a new computer and want to start with an empty address book on Ubuntu One for several reasons.
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How to delete Gwibber history?
How do I delete Gwibber history in 11.10? I deleted the account and created the account again, but some of the tweets deleted on the web still appear on Gwibber.
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No "Are you sure you want to delete this file?" message?
One thing I really hate about Ubuntu is how easy it is to accidentally delete files.
Is there any way to show a pop-up confirmation dialog when the Delete key is pressed, before a file is actually ...
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Recovery of deleted folders in home folder
By accident I've removed some folders (they were empty) in my home folder. I've created a new ones but they doesn't have proper icons etc... how can I recreate them step by step?
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How to delete specific files from terminal
Recently, I converted my music files to a different format. I have for example a folder of an artist containing the different albums in separate folders. I would knowing if is there a way to delete *....
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How to use Secure Erase and is it on the install CD? [duplicate]
Supposedly there is some built in hard drive magic called "Secure Erase" which is wildly faster and more secure than "dd if=/dev/zero..."
I am most excited about the speed increase.
There seems to ...
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I deleted a built-in folder in my home folder. How do I get it back?
I delete the Downloads folder from my home folder. When I create a new folder there called "Downloads", it doesn't have the proper icon, and it doesn't show up in the places sidebar.
I tried adding ...
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How to delete files used by kernel?
I have a very peculiar situation. I installed a piece of software by building it from source. I used "make install" from the folder that I downloaded it into (on my desktop). Later on, after not using ...
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Accidentally created a file called "--help". How to remove it?
I accidentally redirected the output of a command to --help rather than passing it as a parameter. How do I escape the dashes to I can remove the file? This is on a headless server, so I'll need to do ...
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How do I delete a folder generated by Foremost?
I used the Foremost tool for data recovery. It was taking too long so I decided to quit it. I closed the terminal and now it has left some folders behind and they have a lock sign on them. I want to ...
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How do I delete a hard link?
Recently I created a link with the following:
sudo ln -n originalFileLocation
How do I delete a hard link?
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Intercepting calls to rm, and directing deleted files to trash instead
Is there a way to intercept calls to rm, and instead of permamently deleting the files, moving them to trash instead?
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How do I delete all empty directories in a directory from the command line?
Say I have a directory named foo/. This folder includes subdirectories. How can I delete all the empty directories in one command?
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How do I remove my Ubuntu One account?
I don't want to cancel a subscription to a service. That is all that I could find with 'How to eliminate/deactivate Ubuntu One account?' Search.
On the Ubuntu One page there is a FAQ with the ...
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Safely remove folders that only Windows uses
I've been using an external hard drive in Windows, but now that I decided to switch to Ubuntu, I wonder if I can safely remove the folders $RECYCLE.bin, RECYCLER, $AVG and found.000
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How do I enable trash functionality on Samba shares?
I have a successful samba server setup but it's rather annoying that when I delete a file I can only delete it permanently and not move it to the trash. So my question is, how do I enable trash ...
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backup by compress tar each directory
I’m looking for a method to scan a directory (not recursive) and tar it using the original folder name, and then delete the folder (so I will have only the folder compressed)
Anyone has the command ...
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Can I safely remove all the files in /tmp?
I want to make free space on my computer, and Baobab tells me /tmp is 8 Gio large.
Can I delete all the files in /tmp safely? Do I have to close some programs first?
Additionally, why is this ...
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After deleting files I do not get any more space on my hard drive and files are not in trash
I am deleting files from my filesystem because I am running out of space but I do not get any more free space after deleting them. I cannot locate these files and they are not in trash.
I do not know ...
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Is it safe to delete every hidden folder in the home directory?
My $HOME (otherwise known as '~') directory has lots of hidden configuration folders.
Is it safe to delete all of them?
To be specific
Will the OS break if I do so?
Will my ethernet/printer/sound/...
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How to delete all the settings for Deja Dup
When I upgraded to 11.04 Deja Dup started behaving strangely, it would begin a new full backup everytime the computer was started because it was looking for a drive and folder which I had removed some ...
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How can I remove the default application indicators, like the power or the volume indicator, in Unity?
After installing a bunch of new application indicators, I realized that I was using a lot of the top-bar space, and wanted to get rid of some default indicators to have more space. Is this somehow ...
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Is there any log kept of the files I delete?
I deleted a folder today while I was thinking I had clicked on another one.
Is there any log that I can search to find the name of the folder I just deleted?
The files deleted were probably not ...
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Unable to delete files from drive in Banshee [closed]
When I imported all of my music from my iPod into Banshee, I got all of the wrong music, so I decided to delete it all. Now it says that there is no such file or directory, so it won't delete the ...
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File are being deleted after renaming [closed]
Renamed files dissapears from Ubuntu One Folder. I had to move files from U O to some temp location, rename them and upload them back. Is there a special procedure for files renaming?
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Accidental deletion of the Gmail (IMAP) Trash 'System Label' in Evolution
I am using 11.04 and Evolution 2.32.2
I accidentally deleted the Gmail (IMAP) Trash 'System Label' in Evolution.
Because this is Gmail object and (not a label per say), it is not deletable in Gmail. ...
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cant delete files on an external hd
I have an external hd, which is not really healthy (several sectors not readable). I guess thats the reason I have some corrupt files
I want to delete these files and found Icant delete any file on ...
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Removing sources after building from them
Suppose, we've built some package from sources (configure make install).
May we remove sources directory after successful building? Or it depends? On what, then?
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How can I recover data deleted using find -delete?
HI Guys!
I am working on Ubuntu 10.04 version.
I accidentally deleted my code from find -delete command.
Is there any way to recover the data?
Many thanks in advance.
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How do I remove all files that match a pattern?
When I revert in Mercurial, it leaves several .orig files. I would like to be able to run a command to remove all of them.
I have found some sources that say to run:
rm **/*.orig
But that gives me ...
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How do I free hard disk space allocated by Virtual Box disks?
I had multiple Ubuntu VM's installations, and the host is also Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. After I deleted the VM's, the space wasn't reallocated to the host.
Do you know any solution?
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How to recursively remove .svn metadata folders?
I have a Java project and it used a SVN repository, now I decide to change to GIT.
However the problem is that SVN engine that I used created in every folder of the project the .svn metadata ...
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Delete GTK theme
I want to delete GTK themes which come by default in ubuntu 10.10. As I open appearance, theme delete button is shown disabled for me. How I can delete theme by using Appearance instead of going to ...
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Redefined ctrl key: can I obtain multiple strokes by holding?
I have redefined my right ctrl key to delete, using
xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = Delete"
and this works very nicely, except that whenever I hold the key, it deletes only once. Of course, I can ...
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How to recover Deleted Files and Folders?
How I can restore files and folders.
I've deleted my home folder recursively. :(
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How to prevent a file under user folder to be deleted?
How can I make some file impossible to be deleted by user even if it is under his/her home folder?
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vim/gedit delete words between character
I have a huge file with the entries like the one below:
<option value="201">Medical</option>
<option value="203">Finance</option>
<option value="205">Tax Return</...
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How to delete/edit files from readonly filesystem
I am having problem with my memory device (actually a memory card that act external memory device like pendrive).
experimentx@workmateX:/var/www/zendtest$ sudo rm /media/A88F-8788/python-2.7.1-...