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Hidden waste

Asked by hugh f

In the waste basket there is one item, but when I open the waste basket it is empty, is there any way to see where this item is as my computer is running slow, trying to see if this has any thing to do with it. When I put the pointer over the waste basket it says (1 item in the deleted items folder)

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Best Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#1

Check the directory .local/share/Trash/:

cd .local/share/Trash/

type:

ls

to list contents

rm filename - removes files
rm -r filename - removes directories

There's something in their you don't own - ie owned by root etc. That's why you can't delete it normally. use sudo

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hugh f (hfegan) said : 		#2

Thanks Yeshara Ravitz, that solved my question.