[SOLVED] The trash has reached its maximum size! Cleanup the trash manually.

kiruja · 05-02-2011, 08:45 AM

when i want to delete a file to go to my trash there is a warning message that i get,it is as follows:"The trash has reached its maximum size!
Cleanup the trash manually."
what is the possible solution to this problem,i am using kubuntu!!

ButterflyMelissa · 05-02-2011, 08:53 AM

The option? Take out the trash...

In Gnome it's super easy, right-click, select "empty trash" - unless there's a "gotcha" you did not mention here...

Thor

kiruja · 05-02-2011, 10:56 AM

actually my trash is empty

ButterflyMelissa · 05-02-2011, 12:52 PM

Wow, now, that is a detail you should have mentioned first

Lemme see ... tried this?

Quote:

rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

as root from the console?

Lemme know how this turns out!

Thor

repo · 05-02-2011, 01:01 PM

In kubuntu, Trash is located at

Code:

/home/username/.local/share/Trash/

Kind regards

arizonagroovejet · 05-02-2011, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thor_2.0

Lemme see ... tried this?

Code:

rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

as root from the console?

What would the .Trash directory in root's home directory have to do with it?

The XDG location for Trash, which both GNOME and KDE adhere to, is ~/.local/share/Trash Have a look in there. There should be two directories in there, one containing files and one containing metadata that indicates when the files in ~/.local/share/Trash/files was put in there and where it was before it was put in there. Worth

ButterflyMelissa · 05-02-2011, 02:54 PM

Quote:

What would the .Trash directory in root's home directory have to do with it?

Ehrm...typo...my answer and that of repo's should be combined...

Eek, sorry. I do assume the "regular user" will not have the permissions to do this, hence the "root" bit, OP should gain root access first, then do this, to the proper trash can of course...

kiruja · 05-15-2011, 09:58 AM

i actually went to /home/eric/.local/Trash....then i deleted the Trash folder. it actually worked!!
the command did not work for me.

meduser · 02-04-2012, 12:28 PM

went into trash setup, increased the size of the trash bin, and hit apply....all good now

AlphaSaphyre · 03-08-2015, 09:27 AM

When I check the directory (current user): .local/share/Trash/

I found there is a file call: metadata

With an editor I change the value of Size with a reasonable number because there was a huge number.

Then you be able to delete without annoying message.

postcd · 12-09-2020, 06:40 AM

Since no one mentioned this solution, i post here.
I had this problem and solved it in the File manager (Dolphin in my case) configuration i went to Trash tab and there switched "Full trash" option from "Show a warning" to "Delete biggest files from trash". I am guessing other file managers have similar option.

sgosnell · 12-09-2020, 10:56 AM

Nothing like reviving a thread that has been dead for 5 years.

TB0ne · 12-11-2020, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgosnell

Nothing like reviving a thread that has been dead for 5 years.

You mean ANOTHER thread that had been dead for years...postcd has re-opened several years-closed threads over the past few days with 'solutions' that either don't fit the original problem, or duplicate other advice given.