Trash has reached maximum size?

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I'm on Kubuntu 11.04, and deleting in Krusader I get "Thrash has reached maximum size" even when I have 10M in ~/.local/share/Trash/files. So my question is why is that? How do I set the allowed size of the trash bin?

Can you look at dolphin - settings -configure dolphin - wastebin. Have you got the limit checkbox checked - and if so what is the percentage and the maximum value reported. Does the max value equal the disk space actually left? — fossfreedom, Aug 27 '11 at 14:49
It's fine: I have 219G free, and in Dolphin it says 10% for a trash bin (it's 44,9G). I don't remember such a problem when I was using Dolphin. I'm later switched though to Krusader... — Adobe, Aug 27 '11 at 15:20
weird - sounds like a bug - if you dont get an answer - file a launchpad bug quoting the free-space comparison against dolphin. — fossfreedom, Aug 27 '11 at 15:44

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 09 '14 at 17:15

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Easier still...

Open Dolphin
Select 'Control' from the top of the window
Select 'Configure Dolphin'
Select Wastbin
Un-check limit to maximum size
Select apply

And you don't even have to open a horrid terminal

edited Feb 09 '14 at 17:15

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answered Feb 09 '14 at 16:32

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 25 '13 at 10:56

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Try Krusader Tools > Empty trash instead of empty trash button.

Removing trash metadata file works too - until you reach trash limit again - rm ~/.local/share/Trash/metadata

answered Aug 25 '13 at 10:56

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It was long time ago: the bug somehow got fixed with updates and upgrades. – Adobe Aug 25 '13 at 18:17
In my case size of trash in the metadata file had somehow become a huge number, even though there were no files. Removing metadata worked for me. – Jul 19 '17 at 04:27

Adobe · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31T06:30:44.353

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This UserAction solves it:

mv %aList("Selected")% $HOME/.local/share/Trash/files

Edit:

The following works faster (but be careful)

rm -rf %aList("Selected")%

edited Jan 31 '13 at 06:30

answered Aug 28 '11 at 10:08

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 09 '20 at 12:39

I had this problem and solved it in the File manager (Dolphin in my case) configuration i went to Trash tab and there switched "Full trash" option from "Show a warning" to "Delete biggest files from trash". I am guessing other file managers have similar option.

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