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---slug: empty-trash-terminaltitle: Empty Your Trash Using the Terminalauthor: Frádely Dilonétags: [beginner, cleanup, terminal]---
Need to quickly clear out your Trash without opening the UI? Here's how to do it from the terminal.
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### 🗑 On macOS
```bashrm -rf ~/.Trash/*

🗑 On Linux (Ubuntu, etc.)#

rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*

⚠️ Be careful#

These commands delete everything inside your Trash immediately. No "Are you sure?" message. Use with intention.

✅ Good for freeing up space or automating cleanup scripts.


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