Cannot drag any file from trash to desktop in Ventura 13.4.

The usual way of removing a file from the Trash is to right-click the file and select “put back” which restores it to the original folder it was deleted from. But if you can’t drag a file to the Desktop from anywhere then try selecting the Desktop folder, right-click and select Get Info. See if you still have read/write permissions for the Desktop folder.

icrystals wrote:

It said it cannot be "put back" bec it is in the trash.

That is the only place "Put back" shows up.

First drag it out of the trash. I pressed cmd + track pad and was able to move it to the desktop. Never had to press cmd + track pad until tonight. Got the file out of trash and onto the desktop. Thanks everyone!

Did that move the file? Cmd+drag makes a copy.

Can you drag them someplace else?

Can you drag anything from somewhere else into your Desktop folder?

icrystals wrote:

No, I cannot drag a file from finder>documents> onto the desktop and I used to be able to. Not sure what happened.

How about the actual Desktop folder, not the Desktop itself?