Hi,
I have a lot of recup_dir files I'm trying to delete from my desktop. I have tried typing rm -rf recup_dir* into the terminal but nothing happens. I tried adding sudo at the front and it doesn't even ask for my password. Is it not possible to delete them because I chose to save to desktop?!
How to delete recup_dir files from the desktop
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How to delete recup_dir files from the desktop
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Re: How to delete recup_dir files from the desktop
No, but you should of course delete them from your desktop if that's where they are. In a terminal,
(note; giving that the ~/Desktop directory itself is hopefully still owned by you yourself, you shouldn't need sudo to delete stuff from it even though I believe
rm -r ~/Desktop/recup_dir*
(or first cd ~/Desktop
to make it the current directory followed by just rm -r recup_dir*
) or in a graphical file manager simply by navigating to the Desktop directory in your home directory(note; giving that the ~/Desktop directory itself is hopefully still owned by you yourself, you shouldn't need sudo to delete stuff from it even though I believe
rm
may ask if you are certain if you don't).Re: How to delete recup_dir files from the desktop
Hey, thanks for this. I didn't get an email so thought no one had responded. Apparently, I don't own my own desktop! Luckily I don't have too many files there and stopped the process when I realized what it was doing
Re: How to delete recup_dir files from the desktop
OK, so if anyone else needs this help it worked! It asked me if I had permissions and I said 'Y', then it told me I didn't but it worked anyway and the files are gone
Thanks so much Rene!
Thanks so much Rene!
Re: How to delete recup_dir files from the desktop
I know! Don't think I'll ever figure this out. This forum has saved me twice!