Can't empty recycle bin

[bpetruzzo]

I have an application in my recycle bin that won't go away! It is insisting that it's in use. I've tried restarting my computer a couple times and have had no success.

Is there some way to tell what's using a particular file or something? Or perhaps some way to force the recycle bin to empty? It's really getting annoying.

 

[MacDawg]

You can try typing this in the terminal...

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[Gene Shalit]

Re: Can't empty recycle bin

I had this exact same problem about a week ago. Here's how I fixed it:
-Take the application out of the trash
-View the package content
-Move all the files out of the application and into the trash
-Move the empty application into the trash
-Empty the trash; this should delete most of the files and the empty application
-Take the file(s) that can't be deleted back out of the trash
-Use TextEdit to open the file(s)
-Select everything and delete it, leaving the file(s) blank
-Save and overwrite the file(s)
-Put the file(s) back in the trash
-Empty the trash

 

[bpetruzzo]

Thanks for the responses guys. I tried the command line option first and it worked perfectly.

Thank you for taking the time to respond!