When I am in Nautilus, I can click on a file and press the "delete" key, and it gets sent to the trash. When I click on a file on my desktop and press the "delete" key, nothing happens.
This seems to be new in 20.04; is it a setting I can change?
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Does this answer your question? [Can't delete file and folder from my desktop](https://askubuntu.com/questions/748739/cant-delete-file-and-folder-from-my-desktop) – abu_bua Apr 24 '20 at 00:29
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@abu_bua No, that looks like a permissions issue, but I can delete it fine from nautilus – Makusu2 Apr 24 '20 at 00:34
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It seems not possible, but you can right click for the context menu and you have the option move to trash. – schrodingerscatcuriosity Apr 24 '20 at 17:43
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As a workaround open nautilus (file manager) and go to your /home/username/Desktop
folder. Here you can delete the files.
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It's a good workaround, but do you know why it changed or if there's any way to fix it? – Makusu2 Apr 24 '20 at 00:23
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Best workaround found so far for me : https://askubuntu.com/questions/1231413/basic-desktop-actions-not-available-on-ubuntu-20-04 – Raphaël Titol Apr 27 '20 at 10:46