EFT File won't delete from Trash

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Virgin poster.

I have an EFT file in my trash which says it is occupying 165GB (which I would like back).

Somehow in my inept tinkering I deleted the .file ending (file-type) which I am sure doesn't help. I can't recall what it was.

Attempting to empty trash (which is set to secure erase) simply leaves the trash hanging

Any suggestions?

Birdan104

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I have an EFT file in my trash which says it is occupying 165GB (which I would like back).

Somehow in my inept tinkering I deleted the .file ending (file-type) which I am sure doesn't help. I can't recall what it was.

Attempting to empty trash (which is set to secure erase) simply leaves the trash hanging

Any suggestions?

Birdman104
 
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Hi and welcome to the forums..

Try this to force empty trash.

Open Terminal and copy paste this in

Code:
sudo rm -ri ~/.Trash

Press Return.
Type your Admin password when prompted, then press Return.
Type y for yes in response to the subsequent prompts to delete each file in the trash and finally the affected .Trash folder itself. The prompts are finished when the Terminal prompt returns.

Note: when you enter your Admin p/w, it won't show up as this is by default for security reasons, but will be typed as you enter it.

Cheers

EDIT : No need to double post either :)
 
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Well that was remarkably efficient


Thank you very much indeed. :)

Regards

Birdman104.
 

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