Having trouble emptying my trash.

[Nuge]

There is a certain file in my trash bin that won't delete, I don't believe it is locked or anything, it just says, "The operation can’t be completed because the item “sixtyforce” is in use."

"sixtyforce" was this emulator that I downloaded, but it was the older version of it, so I wanted to delete it, but that message keeps coming up.

Can anyone help me out with this?

 

[celticpride678]

Try restarting.

 

[stridemat]

Empty the trash holding down the alt key and it should force empty what ever is in the trash.

 

[dukebound85]

There is a certain file in my trash bin that won't delete, I don't believe it is locked or anything, it just says, "The operation can’t be completed because the item “sixtyforce” is in use."

"sixtyforce" was this emulator that I downloaded, but it was the older version of it, so I wanted to delete it, but that message keeps coming up.

Can anyone help me out with this?

did you eject the dmg before emptying the trash? this is assuming you are running sixtyforce straight from the dmg however

 

[Nuge]

I did restart already, didn't work.

I tried emptying while holding alt/option

And I believe I ejected/deleted every other file affiliated with the sixtyforce file

 

[celticpride678]

Try this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526

or this: http://www.lancelhoff.com/cant-empty-trash-on-a-mac/

 

[Nuge]

Try this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526

or this: http://www.lancelhoff.com/cant-empty-trash-on-a-mac/

Awesome, thanks a lot! The last link worked like a charm.

 

[EmptyG]

Awesome, thanks a lot! The last link worked like a charm.

That last link worked perfectly for me too. Thanks!!!

 

[kirstingent]

Trash

Try this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526

or this: http://www.lancelhoff.com/cant-empty-trash-on-a-mac/

Thank you SO MUCH I literally had the exact same problem with the EXACT same emulator. I was not going to get very much sleep with that thing just chillin in my trash. 🙂

 

[stevenlangley1]

lol...i've had that damn "sixty force" file in my trash bin for over a year. I can't wait to get home and see if the above links work. thanks guys

 

[fl4ck]

phew

Good thing you guys dealt with this already.. only a few minutes of not being able to delete this was freaking me out.. lol. Thanks, the secure delete worked perfectly.

 

[Freakazoid28]

I got a question. When I'm prompted to type in my password on the terminal, it doesn't let me. What should I do?

 

[stridemat]

When you type a password in terminal it won't show any visual clues. It will only show 'Password.'

When this is displayed type your password in a press return. It will run the action.

 

[Freakazoid28]

When you type a password in terminal it won't show any visual clues. It will only show 'Password.'

When this is displayed type your password in a press return. It will run the action.

Oh thank you, it worked perfectly. Sooo glad to finally get rid of it.

 

[mitchperson]

One fix that I found that is reletivly easy is to enable the root user account and then delete the trash folder that is giving you trouble. OSX will automatically create a new one the next time you delete something. Here is a link from Apple support to help you with this. Follow the instructions to the letter or you could end up damaging your OS. Hope this helps

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/11778.html

 

[vcsuri]

Simplest proven solution!

There's a simple solution mate:

Go to Finder > Preferences > Advanced and select "Empty Trash Securely".

Then just bin the app and empty your Trash, it should be gone. Forever!

 

[demitriarcheas]

didnt work

Hey, so I have a simiar problem and I tried what the site suggested about terminal but when I dragged the file from the desktop and press enter i dont get prompted for my password. I get a message that says no such file or directory. Am I doing something wrong??

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Nvm. spoke too soon. dyslexia is a bitch

 

[katieny1974]

Thank You!

There's a simple solution mate:

Go to Finder > Preferences > Advanced and select "Empty Trash Securely".

Then just bin the app and empty your Trash, it should be gone. Forever!

I had a trashed file that wouldn't empty, and your suggestion worked perfectly. Thank you for posting! 😉

 

[iRezaa]

awesome

There's a simple solution mate:

Go to Finder > Preferences > Advanced and select "Empty Trash Securely".

Then just bin the app and empty your Trash, it should be gone. Forever!

This worked perfectly for me, thank you 😀

 

[dnchari]

There's a simple solution mate:

Go to Finder > Preferences > Advanced and select "Empty Trash Securely".

Then just bin the app and empty your Trash, it should be gone. Forever!

Worked like a charm, Great thanks

 

[Sperkie]

AWESOME! Thanks!

Try this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526

or this: http://www.lancelhoff.com/cant-empty-trash-on-a-mac/

Thanks soooooo much..worked like a charm. I actually had to remove the file from my trash, rename it then compress it...then was able to delete both the original and the compressed file.

 

[spl456]

I had a similar issue with a ISO file hiding somewhere on my system.

Anyways, someone on the Apple forums recommend an App called 'Whats Keeping Me?'
Freebie

http://www.hamsoftengineering.com/products/wkm/wkm.html

Anyways, install this, search for the file, then click on 'kill', it will eject the file from where it is holed up and hey presto, done.

 

[gwill]

There's a simple solution mate:

Go to Finder > Preferences > Advanced and select "Empty Trash Securely".

Then just bin the app and empty your Trash, it should be gone. Forever!

Worked like a charm thanks

 

[Jekahog]

There's a simple solution mate:

Go to Finder > Preferences > Advanced and select "Empty Trash Securely".

Then just bin the app and empty your Trash, it should be gone. Forever!

OMG! THAT SAVED ME DUDE! I just HATE when something just occupy my trash like that.. i just want it to be empty... i spent two hours looking for a solution to this crap!

THANX AGAIN!