Trash isn't emptying after new install
Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:38 pmby JZilla
Hi folks. I've just done a clean reinstall on my system, and enabled the "Delete files sitting in the Trash for more than 1 Day" option, however it's not doing it. I've enabled Full Disk Access for Hazel, but no luck. Any suggestions? I'm on Hazel 6.0.4 and macOS 15.6.1.
Thanks.
Re: Trash isn't emptying after new install
Posted:
Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:37 amby Mr_Noodle
Check the logs. Go to Help->View Logs and search for one of the files still in the trash.
It might also help to enable debug logging as described here:
https://www.noodlesoft.com/kb/hazel-debug-mode/
Re: Trash isn't emptying after new install
Posted:
Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:31 pmby JZilla
Hey, thanks for getting back to me. Checking in the logs, it looks like the problem files were getting stuck due to a permissions issue with them, so I dragged them out of the trash, changed permissions on all to Read & Write, then back into the trash. An hour later everything was working. Thanks for the suggestion.