DELETED FILES DO NOT GO TO TRASH

If the files you're deleting are on a hard drive connected to your Mac, and you're getting a message saying something about the files being deleted immediately, you have a problem with your trash folder. The quickest fix is to open the Terminal and paste the following line:

rm -rf ~/.Trash

Press return to execute the command, then log out and log back in to re-create your trash folder.

In that case, if the account in question is an admin account, you would just tack "sudo" on at the beginning:

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash

If the affected account is not an admin account, you need to log in to an admin account and do this:

sudo rm -rf /Users/theusername/.Trash

...where "theusername" should be the name of the user folder with the broken trash.

Thanks for your patience Thomas, I've tried your suggestions but terminal doesn't allow me to enter my password. I paste the line ok but when I hit return I get the 'sudo' warning and a password prompt but cannot enter text ! Regards Roger

Hello c:

Welcome to Apple discussions.

You need to provide more specifics.

Every time I delete a file,

What are you deleting? What are you doing - exactly?

Barry

Hi Thomas, I have the same problem but when I paste that line in terminal I get:

"Permission denied"


Any advice please.

Best Roger

Yes you can, it just doesn't show up, to prevent someone standing behind you from seeing your password.

AAAAaaahhhhh - I see.

Thank you.