Don't have permissions to delete former timemachine backups

[malfromcessnock]

Hi board members - I've just changed my time machine backup drive and want to delete my former backups. I have them in the trash but am not allowed to delete them. I get a warning message saying I don't have permissions.

Maybe I should have reformatted the drive and not put them into the trash. Now that I have done that I can't put them back either.

Does anyone have a remedy to override this permissions thing?

Cheers, Mal

 

[GGJstudios]

You may find some useful ideas here:

You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash
Solving Trash Problems
Can't move files to trash
Can't Empty Trash on a Mac

 

[malfromcessnock]

You may find some useful ideas here:

You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash
Solving Trash Problems
Can't move files to trash
Can't Empty Trash on a Mac

Thanks for your help GGJstudios - problem solved