Deleting files without permission vista

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It worked, after trying chmod -r while on file clicked to see file location on terminal — Pablo. Having all permissions as a root, you should use: sudo -i And for completely removing files or folders and their contents, you can use: rm For obtaining more information about these commands and other commands! Mahyar Mahyar 1, 2 2 gold badges 8 8 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges.

For thunar: sudo thunar. Or for nautilus: sudo nautilus , etc If you're using nautilus, the answers here should help: How do I open a folder as root? Then browse to the offending files and delete them.

In a terminal, just sudo rm should work too. I hope this helps. Good luck! Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. How can I delete this file? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse.

You can add files and folders including the Recycle Bin by either drag and drop or by using the buttons in the toolbar. Extra security options are available such as shredding file names and original file sizes. An interesting feature is a binary viewer where you can look at and directly edit files with the ability to add, remove, insert, or even replace specific bytes in the file. Download Alternate File Shredder.

Erasing algorithms include simple 1 or 2 pass, DoD 3 pass, secure 7 pass or the Gutmann 35 pass method. Files and folders are added to the list using drag and drop or the add buttons on the left. The default shred method is DOD A shred free space option is also available if you want to remove previously deleted files from the drive entirely.

Download File Shredder. I would like to just get rid of a lot that I know are irrelevant and have not yet been written over but nothing seems to work. Is it possible? The distinction between your files being deleted and non-recoverable is a value that makes them visible. May take awhile depending on your hard drive size, but this should fix your problem. How to delete deleted data that is still on the disk. Formating is one option but is there any alternative? If a file is securly shreaded… you cannot likely recover it even with professional grade software.

Because it has been over written many times over. That is what it means to shread a file. Great Job! PartitionGuru is able to delete files permanently as well as wipe deleted files for good. I would like to see a simple utility that securely deletes my Recycle Bin or replaces it.

I still like sending files to the Recycle Bin, and like to right-click to empty. I had eraser but there are a few problems with it. The pc shutdown is very slow because eraser. Is there someone here that can help me with finding the right program for this job? I have used many of the listed apps. The one I am mostly using now is from Moo0 File Shredder.

A free tool, with multiple levels of shredding, from one-pass pseudo-random data including cluster tip and ADS, and changes file name and attributes as part of delete process , up to the over-kill level.