Unable to empty trash after upgrading to Lion

I've tried everything posted here, but nothing works.

But I realized that my trash folder was named .trash instead of .Trash... voila.. I renamed back to .Trash and now I am able to empty it...strange isn't it ??

I have tried resetting the PRAM, secure empty of the trash, unlocking the attached folders (inside are many, many files), and am still unable to empty my trash.

Any help is appreciated!

trying to attach a picture of my trash, but .jpg and gif doesn't seem to be working

I just downloaded TrashIt and was able to empty my trash finally.

How can I check to see what my actual trash folder is named? And then how can I rename it? Thanks!

Open Terminal...

Go to your home folder if you are not there... ( cd ~ )

List your files and folders... ( ls -la )

Check if you have .trash or .Trash ...

Rename it, if you have .trash... ( mv .trash .Trash )

WOW! That worked! Thank you so much, luabad. Problem solved! I will tell the Apple Senior Support Representative that has been handling my case. Apple needs to hire you. 🙂 Thanks again!

My pleasure!! 🙂

Well my issue was that the files would go into the trash, the trash icon would show are having items, right clicking and empty trash did nothing, left clicked and opened Trash and nothing there... opened .Trash in PathFinder (showing hidden files) and there where the items.

OK, well, I tried most of the suggestions in this thred, but nothing worked, reset PRAM did the terminal trick, I then realised that I was using Pathfinder. with the setting to close "Finder" on start up.

"I deselected this option, and clicked on the finder icon in the dock so it became an active application. Then tried to empty the trash, low and behold, it emptied..."

restarted the computer, (with finder auto active, as standard) created some new files added to trash and emptied, fine.

Re entered PathFinder with the option close Finder, restarted, then the Trash issue happened again.

So if you have Pathfinder installed and Finder closed.... this might fix your issue...

I hope it does!

Chris

EDIT. Just noticed that with Pathfinder you can still have Finder close on login, but keep the Finder desktop visible and you will be able to empty the trash, appears to be a PathFinder Bug.

Message was edited by: chrisrjcox

Thanks, this worked! I mean "Unlocking" the files in the trash, then it can be securely deleted!

Message was edited by: Besökare

Thanks Architex. This solution worked for me. Much appreciated. I think that one of my files was probably locked and that was what was causing the problem.

This worked for me, with stuff in the trash that hangs when examining files with normal empty...

• Open terminal and type:

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

(removes contents of the trash)

• Enter your password for verification

Deletes it very quickly. That worked for me.

I added an Admin password to my computer, and was able to use OnyX to empty the trash. Used the Lion Tweaks app to turn off viewing hidden files, which deleted the .DS store icons.

Thanks the Architex! Followed your instructions and FINALLY emptied the backups from my trash. Was driving me crazy for a month.

had the same problem just after a reinstall of lion.

Just turned off Time Machine in settings, and all worked fine again...

Having issues deleting files. It just shows in the finder the file being moved....

Never makes it to the Trash....

I need to create space down to 4gb...

Any other file I try to delete hangs out waiting to be moved to the trash in the finder....

I have done every fix to empty trash...

Help Guys

Thanks

Mike