I have a 32 GB USB flash drive. When delete files from the drive on when plugged into a Ubuntu 16 laptop, it creates a folder called '.Trash-1000'This .Trash-1000 folder contains two folders which are 'file' and 'info' where file contains the files I have deleted and info contains metadata about those files.The issue is this .Trash-1000 folder takes up space because it holds a copy of the deleted file. I then have to eventually delete the .Trash-1000 folder when it starts filing up after multiple deletes.Is there a way to disable this feature on the USB drive?
How to disable creation of .Trash-1000 folder?
linux;usb drive;trash
Have a look at this article. According to the article, Ubuntu will create such folders when a file is deleted from a USB drive. Presumably this would allow a file to be restored if you accidentally deleted it.It contains the following solution:Don't use the delete button only (Otherwise the .Trash-1000 folder will be created)Press the key combination shift+delete together to delete then Ubuntu won't create a .Trash-1000 folder. (Note: If you delete files and folders this way they are gone forever!)As alternative you can also use the command line's rm command which will also delete the file directly.