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I have some files and folders that I can't delete. I click menu -> right click and the delete option is not available.
I'm struggling to delete some folders on my external disk.every time I hit delete it says 'cannot read from source file or disk' this is frustrating please help. See more Ask a question. Related: Can't delete files from usb. If not you may also check the folders leading up to the files by using the same method. If the drive or containing. You can use BitRaser for File to delete undeletable files and folder and to schedule or automate erasure process (once, daily, weekly, monthly, on first boot, or on every boot). About The Author Satyeshu Kumar. Satyeshu is a Windows blogger and data recovery expert. He is having good technical knowledge and experience in Windows data recovery.
I can delete by using the terminal, but I'd prefer to do it from the GUI.
It's something to do with permissions, can someone help?
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Make the current user owns everything inside the folder,itself as well as the parent folder.
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For those particular cases I use nautilus as root:Press Alt-F2 and type:
gksu nautilus
Then proceed with caution, you may seriously damage your system.
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If you want to remove file and folder from terminal you can use
delete folder
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change the name of the folder that contains those files or folders.
for example: The_name_of_the_root_folder_that_contains_the_not_manageable_fileschange it to 1 or Name
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