![]() Trash which is not a directory.Ģ) Deleting this flat. Trash folder (permission 755) in my home directory with an empty file called. Upon documenting myself and digging into the system, it seems like:ġ) MacOs Mojave keeps replacing the. This happened since the upgrade to Mojave, and reinstalling completely from scratch Mojave with no restore of Time Machine did no fix this issue. The file cannot be moved to Trash folder and be put back when I regret the deletion. ![]() The system seem to delete the file immediately and permanently. If I select Delete, the file will be gone, and cannot be found on Trash folder. You can’t undo this action." it comes with Cancel and Delete buttons. (Just to check, I tried moving another file into the Trash, and "lsof ~/.Trash" did find that one.)įiles are deleted immediately and can't be found on Trash folder - after Mojave update When I delete a file, a warning window shows up "This item will be deleted immediately. I have tried running “lsof ~/.Trash” and it lists nothing (except “.” and “.”) in the directory. I have no applications running, and none are hidden. That is, Time Machine is not running, and has no backup disk selected. ![]() The folders are what’s left of Time Machine backups, but Time Machine is no longer configured. I have read and write permission on every folder and subfolder. None of the folders have any contents except subfolders. ![]() I have tried dragging the items to the Desktop so I could Command-Option-delete them from there, but dragging them performs a copy rather than a move, so I’m still left with the original in Trash. I have tried restarting, and it makes no difference. When I select a folder and press Command-Option-delete, either the folder disappears then immediately reappears, or I get the message “The operation can’t be completed because the item “foo” is in use” (where “foo” is the name of some subfolder of the one I selected).Ĭontrol-click and “Delete Immediately…” produces the same result. When I try to empty Trash, I get “The operation can’t be completed because the item “foo” is in use” There are only two files in Trash: “Backups.backupd” and “LittleMac” (both with many subfolders). Don’t press Return yet.I can’t empty the Trash on a Mac running High Sierra, despite having tried all the usual methods. Then, type sudo rm -R followed by a space (don’t leave out the space character-it’s essential). To do so, first open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities). However, all those utilities merely send OS X commands that you can issue yourself in Terminal. Or, if you want a small utility that does nothing but force the Trash to empty, try NoName ScriptWare’s If that doesn’t work, repeat with the ‘Really Stuck’ button. If your Trash won’t empty, Trash It can help. OnyX (free, donations requested) offer this feature. You might already have a utility that, among many other features, can force-empty the Trash-for example, Maintain’s $19 Go to ‘Cleaning > Trash’ and click ‘Execute’. OnyX is a multipurpose utility that can force-empty your Trash if necessary. In these cases, you have a couple of approaches to take. Those tricks won’t work if the error message says that you don’t have permission to delete a file, or if no error message appears at all but the Trash remains full.
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