When trying to open the trash on Files app the trash doesn't open and gives a message saying that the server of that folder could not be found, as per the picture.
The address of the trash folder is trash:///
.
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Sign up to join this communityWhen trying to open the trash on Files app the trash doesn't open and gives a message saying that the server of that folder could not be found, as per the picture.
The address of the trash folder is trash:///
.
Open Files and in the address bar try accessing ~/.local/share/Trash/files/
to see the contents of the Trash Folder. If this works, and you are able to see the contents, you can choose some files to undelete by selecting them, Ctrl+X
to cut them, and them Ctrl+V
in some other folder (by design, right clicking in the Trash folder displays a menu containing just a Paste entry).
The error should go away by emptying the trash folder by deleting the contents of ~/.local/share/Trash/
Another simpler way to empty it is by right-clicking the Trash link in the Files sidebar and selecting Empty Trash
.
EDIT: looking closer at your screenshot, I see you have multiple devices, and a network share. It is worth having a look at .Trash folders on those devices, since Files will try to display their contents as well (to see the .Trash folders on those devices, right-click an empty area in Files and select Show hidden Files
). I believe that mounting all your devices and shares, and then trying to access the Trash from the Files sidebar will work.
~/.local/share/Trash/files/
really worked because of the network folder share was not available when I was trying to open the Trash and now it is (it is a folder shared only in my workspace). It might actually be an error when the network file share is not available, though it keeps being listed in the files app. I will test this behavior later in a more appropriate way.
– Rafael Campos Nunes
Nov 5 '19 at 16:41