Open a new Terminal window (Applications/Utilities/Terminal).If you’re unsure why the Trash is refusing to empty, then you may be able to resolve this problem by emptying the Trash from your Mac’s Terminal: You should now be able to send this file to the Trash, and empty the Trash as normal. Find your username, open its accompanying ‘Privilege’ dropdown menu, and then select ‘Read & Write.’.Click to expand the ‘Sharing & Permissions’ section.If you do decide to go ahead, then you can give yourself permission to delete this file:
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Whenever your Mac warns that you have insufficient privileges to delete a file, you should pause and question whether you should even be messing around with this file in the first place. Perhaps the file is owned by someone else who shares your machine, or maybe it’s a system file that you really shouldn’t be touching. Often, there’s a good reason why you don’t have permission to delete an item. Give yourself permission: Deleting protected files You should now be able to send this file to the Trash without any issues. If you’re encountering a “file locked” error, then you’ll need to unlock that file before you can delete it: It’s impossible to send a locked file to the Trash. Find the process in question, and then click the little ‘Quit’ icon in Activity Monitor’s upper-left corner.Īfter closing all the applications and processes that were using this file, you should be able to delete the file, as normal. To close a process, open macOS’ Activity Monitor app (Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor). Select the application that’s refusing to close.Select the ‘Apple’ logo in your Mac’s menu bar.You’ll need to close every item that appears in this list.Ĭlosing an application is typically straightforward, but if the application refuses to close then you may need to force quit it:
Press the ‘Enter’ key on your keyboard.Open the Trash, find the item that you want to delete, and then drag and drop it into the Terminal window.Type the following command into the Terminal, followed by a space – but don’t press the ‘Enter’ key on your keyboard:.Launch your Mac’s Terminal application (Applications/Utilities/Terminal).This may sound straightforward, but if you’re unsure what these applications are, then you’ll need to do some digging: If you try to empty the Trash and receive a warning that one (or more) files are currently in use, then you’ll need to close all the applications that are using that file. File in use? Track down the app that’s responsible
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