unable to empty trash - OSx Mavericks

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Hi

I have a late 2013 27" iMac, running Mavericks with intel, and am having a problem with the trash.

I have tried a number of times to empty trash using the right click, empty trash in both modes unlocked items and all items to no avail. Also tried from Finder.

my trash is currently 4.5 gb with 4955 items in it and getting bigger.

When I start to empty I get the trash box with the options, then the emptying trash slider appears momentarily showing number of items in it, then it disappears

Any help would be gratefully recd

Thanks

Eric
 
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Thanks Homelyn,
Holding down the option key and empty trash button at the same time cleared it all out.

Thanks all
 
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Re: Tip

I let my trash get out of control. My computer would spend days trying to empty it so I would just let it run out of battery to RESTART.

If you have CleanMyMac you can empty the trash - this is how I fixed my trash overflow. It was done in about an hour.
 

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