One problem that crops up from time to time is stubborn files that will not move to the trash, or be deleted from the trash when the command is given to do so. There may be errors that accompany these ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you want to get rid of files permanently, make sure you’re deleting them across your iCloud sync. If you want ...

Picture this scenario: you’ve got a flash drive and there are files on it. There are also files on it that are in its Trash folder. You also have a Mac with files ...

You can easily delete a file from Google Drive on an Android with several taps. You can send the file to your Google Drive trash folder and delete it from the trash to permanently remove it. This ...

I have a file "␀gembench.st" which I used to use with an Atari ST emulator - the thing is I can't seem to be able to delete this puppy. I've tried the usually excellent program Permissions Reset .