Can't move anything to trash — error code -43

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Can't move anything to trash — error code -43

Not more than 10, maybe 15 minutes ago, I tried to move something to the trash can from my desktop, and I got a pop-up message telling me that the operation couldn't be completed because one or more required items can't be found, then it gave me an error code of -43. I went to Disk Utility and ran First Aid on my hard drive, and it told me nothing was wrong. What do I need to do in order to regain use of my trash can?

MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 11:17 AM

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pinkstones Author

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Oct 4, 2015 11:31 AM in response to pinkstones

Please, I'd appreciate it if someone helped me with this.

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Eric Root

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Oct 4, 2015 11:49 AM in response to pinkstones

Trash – Can’t Empty or Move File To Trash

Trash FAQ

Trash won’t empty

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pinkstones Author

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Oct 4, 2015 12:17 PM in response to Eric Root

I had to break down and restart the computer, holding down Command + R and ran Disk Utility from there, and for some reason now it works, even though, as I said, I did it twice before doing this. I'd already read the first link you provided before I decided to ask the people here for help, and it didn't address my question, at least not as well as I would have liked it to. The other two links didn't really address my problem either, as it wasn't an issue of not being able to empty the trash, but rather, not being able to put anything there to start with.

Either way, I somehow managed to figure it out, either by sheer dumb luck or who knows what. Thank you for responding, however. 🙂

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akialoa

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Oct 9, 2015 11:22 AM in response to pinkstones

I just upgraded to El Capitan and ran into the same -43 error code. I ran First Aid in Disk Utility to no avail. I then did as you suggested and restarted with the command +R and ran First Aid again in Disk Utility. That worked for me as well. All good now. So thumbs up for this idea.

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Oct 14, 2015 1:04 PM in response to pinkstones

Same issue here, since el capitan. Did exactly as pinkstones suggested and it worked for me too. Disk Utility upon start-up took a lot longer. When I went to my trash after restarting there was a Rescued File>com.adobe.dynamiclinkmanager8.0.

Thanks a million!

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Nov 21, 2015 10:12 AM in response to pinkstones

***. What average user is going to be able to figure this out. Come on Apple pull yourself together.

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pinkstones Author

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Nov 21, 2015 1:50 PM in response to therealjtray

therealjtray wrote:

***. What average user is going to be able to figure this out. Come on Apple pull yourself together.

Apple doesn't read these forums. This is a user-to-user community. I think it's rather simple to figure out myself, if you read the steps I took to rectify my problem. It doesn't require anything or any knowledge that an average user wouldn't already have.

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Nov 21, 2015 4:15 PM in response to pinkstones

You're missing the point. This shouldn't be an issue in the first place. Average users don't come to this area to find help. They just deal with it and move on. You do understand why Windows users are so susceptible to virus and malware, its because they just treat it like its part of ownership of the PC.

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