can't find any way to select or delete files

I have, of course, been able to clear out the directory from the command line. I just expected the file manager to have a way to manage files.

Do you want to simply empty the directory?

In this instance, yes. But in general I might want to delete some but not all files, move files to another location, or rename files

(M10 tablet, OTA10.1m by the way)

Then drag the files you want out to somewhere else, then you can easily empty the folder with:

rm -r ~/Downloads/*

Or open the file manager and use the Select All option under the edit menu. Simple stuff, it's the same in Windows and Mac OS too......

Edit menu? there is a 3-line (hamburger) menu, but it does not have any edit values.

Hmm. Can't attach a screenshot to this question.

On Tuesday, 31 May 2016 08:57:59 BST, actionparsnip
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> Or open the file manager and use the Select All option under the edit
> menu. Simple stuff, it's the same in Windows and Mac OS too......

herewith the attachment by email. I see no edit menu style things

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Upload the image to Imageshack or use Dropbox to make a URL of the image. Post the URL as an update on
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-filemanager-app/+question/294637

well, that would be http://i63.tinypic.com/1z65h51.png then

and here it is after entering a password to unlock things http://i64.tinypic.com/28ta35.png

and this is what is in the view menu http://i65.tinypic.com/14dljzp.png

There is only one option under 'settings' and I already have it on http://i68.tinypic.com/2nqcsy8.png

Does CTRL + A not work?

Nope. Tried that.

And anyway, suppose I only wanted to delete half of them?

sudo rm -r ~/Downloads/*

>sudo rm -r ~/Downloads/*
See comment 2. Already did that, without having to invoke sudo.

I think this should turn into a bug. Thanks for all the time!

Yeah, does sound like a bug. Ubuntu phone is incredibly young so stuff like this may be missed.

Well, that was painful.

Launchapd failed spectacularly when trying to turn this into a bug with 'create bug report'. So I had to report /that/ (https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1587487)

I was unable to enter any bugs at all for ubuntu-filemanager-app, so I had to report it elsewhere:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1587499

Lets see what happens.

Press and hold on a file or a folder to see options. There should be 'Delete' there.

Aye, that appeared on OTA11 (see the bug). Still only does one at a time, which is sub-optimal.

I am using it also and you will see some option on the top of it where you will find the buttons to delete a file you can visit here https://removalswirral.co.uk/ to learn more about it.