Bypass the Trash when using Delete key

[JerryF]

Hello all,

In Preferences for Thunar (Xfce's File Manager), there's no option to bypass the trash when using the delete key.

I know that Shift+Del will bypass the trash, but using Shift+Del prompts to make sure you want to delete which I'd like to avoid.

Is there any way to change Del so that it will just permanently delete?

Thanks.

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inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: HP-EliteBook-8460p Kernel: 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31) Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
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[richyrich]

Shift-Delete , then the Enter key.

[DAMIEN1307]

hi jerry...just click on "files/home" envelope, then click the tab marked "edit", then click "preferences", then click tab marked "behaviour" scroll down to "trash" UNTIC the box that says something like "ask before emptying the trash or deleting files", and then tic the boxes that say something like "include a delete command that bypasses trash", and "bypass the trash when delete key is pressed"...that should do it...DAMIEN

[rene]

In Preferences for Thunar (Xfce's File Manager), there's no option to bypass the trash when using the delete key. I know that Shift+Del will bypass the trash, but using Shift+Del prompts to make sure you want to delete which I'd like to avoid. Is there any way to change Del so that it will just permanently delete?

Not through standard configuration, no: https://wiki.xfce.org/faq#file_manager

If you're at all into perverted hacks you can also install inotify-tools and add the following "Empty Trash" application to Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart to immediately delete anything appearing in the trash:

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/bin/bash -c 'TRASH=${XDG_DATA_HOME:=~/.local/share}/Trash && /usr/bin/inotifywait --quiet --event create "$TRASH/info" --format %f --monitor | while read INFO; do rm -f "$TRASH/info/$INFO" "$TRASH/files/${INFO%%.trashinfo}"; done'

[EDIT] Added "--quiet for inotifywait so as to get only the actual creation events.

[DAMIEN1307]

OOOOPS, my bad, im using Nemo File Manager...DAMIEN

[JerryF]

Shift-Delete , then the Enter key.

Thanks richy, but as I said in my OP, I'd like to avoid that.

[JerryF]

Not through standard configuration, no: https://wiki.xfce.org/faq#file_manager

If you're at all into perverted hacks you can also install inotify-tools and add the following "Empty Trash" application to Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart to immediately delete anything appearing in the trash:

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/bin/bash -c 'TRASH=${XDG_DATA_HOME:=~/.local/share}/Trash && /usr/bin/inotifywait --quiet --event create "$TRASH/info" --format %f --monitor | while read INFO; do rm -f "$TRASH/info/$INFO" "$TRASH/files/${INFO%%.trashinfo}"; done'

[EDIT] Added "--quiet for inotifywait so as to get only the actual creation events.

rene, thank you for that!

[JerryF]

OOOOPS, my bad, im using Nemo File Manager...DAMIEN

Thanks anyway Damien.