Deleting files from Seagate isn’t working

[Emtee]

I’m trying to delete files and photos off of my Seagate. When I right click there is no trash option. When I drag it to the trash that doesn’t work either. What am I doing wrong?

 

[DeltaMac]

Right click on that Seagate drive, then choose Get Info from the menu.
From that info window - What format is your Seagate drive?
If it is NTFS, then that answers your question - you can't modify an NTFS format volume natively from your Mac.
You can read or copy files from an NTFS volume, but you can't make changes to the volume.

 

[Emtee]

Thank you!! Ugh, yes it’s NYFS. So if I want to be able to delete files I need to buy a different hard drive? Which one do you recommend?

 

[Emtee]

Oops NTFS

 

[DeltaMac]

No, you can install NTFS drivers. Seagate actually has several download options for that - https://www.seagate.com/support/software/paragon/
Or, you can get those directly from Paragon, or (another choice) from Tuxera

 

[Wando64]

Thank you!! Ugh, yes it’s NYFS. So if I want to be able to delete files I need to buy a different hard drive? Which one do you recommend?

You can erase the disk and re-format using whichever format you prefer.