Bug 444228

Summary: Dolphin can't delete files - "an older item named 'trash:/' already exists"
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Dan Dascalescu <ddascalescu+kde>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO    
Severity: normal CC: andrey, aristsakas, dolphin-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 21.08.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Dan Dascalescu 2021-10-22 08:31:31 UTC
Created attachment 142758 [details]
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I have no idea why this ended up happening.

I've emptied the trash a few times today from Dolphin, then from Krusader, I attempted to delete two files. Got this weird error message.
Comment 1 Dan Dascalescu 2021-10-22 08:32:04 UTC
Sorry, not "then from Krusader". In a new instance of Dolphin rather.
Comment 2 Dan Dascalescu 2021-12-04 00:05:11 UTC
I can reproduce this as described in #446450:

1. Launch SMPlayer
2. Open -> File
3. Attempt to delete a file from that dialog
Comment 3 Andrey Fedoseev 2022-05-09 16:16:18 UTC
I had the same issue, but in my case it was a user error.

While migrating my home folder to another OS installation, I accidentally break the `~/.local/share/Trash` folder: its contents became incomplete, and some files there ended up being owned by the `root` user.

Simply removing `~/.local/share/Trash` and restarting Dolphin fixed the issue for me.
Comment 4 aristsakas 2025-12-29 00:39:13 UTC
Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Dolphin 25.12.0.