Cannot empty trash anymore - stuck!

But then after that, the trash started working fine with no problem? I am having the same problem and I do also have an SSD installed here. I don't have any Macbook Pro on hand right now.

Thanks for any help.

Cheers,
Erick Pessôa

 

Same situation for me, but no SSD disk

Hi,

I have the same problem, when trying to empty it, a dialog comes up and say "deleting 527 files" but the progress bar never starts. Can not stop it either. I have run both DiskWarrior and the Disk utility (DVD boot) but it didn't help. I have not an SSD disk, so it can not be because of that.

Really irritating!

 

Lion Cache Cleaner app does a better job at clearing the trash from stubborn files.

 

Next time try


1. Open Applications....... Utilities ....... Terminal
2. Copy and paste ( chflags -R nouchg ) inside terminal screen. do not press return yet
3. Open trash bin
4. Press command-A to select all files at once
5. Drag them all inside the Terminal screen
6. Press return
7. You are done! close everything. open trash and delete all your files.

 

Can't empty trash ?

Hey! Download "onyx" app.( free) It will empty the trash anytime. You have to find it in the menus of onyx. the app can do many other things too. Maybe after using it to empty your trash, it will solve the problem. hope so
DICKSTER-----

 

Same problem on my 2010 Air (w/ Toshiba SSD). Restarting fixed it.

 

I restarted many times and did not work. I used the Target Mode suggested here and then was finally able to clean the trash. Seems that one file specifically was creating all the trouble. Now all it's normal.

Cheers,
Erick Pessôa

 

- Restart your mac
- Open terminal
- type "sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*" without quote
- press enter
- type your password
- press enter

viola...

 

I wrote a small applescript to do this

I've had this problem so much that I made this
do shell script "sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*" with administrator privileges
It will force empty your trash for you.

 

Worked!

That whole Terminal thing really does work, for anyone who was wondering. Thanks, Cryptooth and LIJRobert!

 

Totally WORKED!

Yup the terminal command did the trick!
Thanks, Cryptooth and LIJRobert

 

Empty Trash On Macbook

It wont let me empty my trash on my macbook, firstly it says secure empty trash, I click that and then it says remove unlocked items or remove all items.

I jave tried clicking both of these numerous times, can anybody help with my problem.

many thanks

 

How about trying the advice already given in this thread?

 

Tried, but still can't delete,

when typing the command in Terminal, it asks for password, but I am unable to type it in.

 

You Guys Are Complicating This Too Much

When you are deleting something and the trash gets stuck, more often than not it's because Finder is busy and does not allow the trash process to complete. To fix this, just open your activity monitor, and force quit the "finder" process. You should now be able to empty your trash, and put to the trash anything in finder that you wanted to delete.

 

Also, if you're sure you won't need to recover anything later, go into your Finder preferences and turn off Empty Trash Securely. What the Mac does when it empties the trash is it stores your files in blocks of memory that can be overwritten, which takes more time.

 

Cannot empty trash anymore - stuck

Hi !
I am unable to empty trash and could follow your except how to copy and paste ( chflags - R- nouchg) inside terminal screen. I could reach upto terminal but could not locate, copy (chflags - R- nouchg).

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HI
I am ne to Macrumors.
I am stuck with my Mac Air OSX 10.8 & unable to empty Trash.
I came across onyx but could not find in APP Store.
Please let me know how to download.

 

Well, I tried all of the options on this page... and no banana for almost all of them.

Restarting was a waste of time. Finder/Activity monitor didn't work. The Terminal commands no longer work with 10.10, but I assume this is because of Apple patching the Shellshock vulnerability. I didn't have another Mac to try Target Mode.

In any case, Onyx saved the day. What a program! It took hours but did the job.