Safe to delete .dtrash folders outside of digikam

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

digiKam trash is not linked to the database. The JSon file included in
this directory allows you to restore files at the right place. The
Database scan do the rest to repopulate information.

The most important is the deleted files moved to DTrash. If you drop
DTrash outside digiKam, these files will be deleted too,
definitively...

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le dim. 13 août 2023 à 20:47, Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> I just read through the linked documentation. Maybe I missed it, but I was not able to find an answer to the question of whether it is safe to delete the .trash folder from outside of Digikam.
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> I think it is safe to do so, however, I have also wondered about it and have not done it since I fear ending up with some orphan references in the DK database, etc.
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> I would like clarification too.
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> On 2023-08-12 10:03, Gilles Caulier wrote:
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> Hi,
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> .dtrash contains the deleted items from a collection:
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> https://docs.digikam.org/en/main_window/image_view.html#deleting-a-photograph
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> Best
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le ven. 11 août 2023 à 16:27, WuliNuChem <restivog at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Hi, quick question? Is it safe to search for all .trash folders using Windows and delete them from there?
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> Thanks,
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> Gord
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> --
> Mvh
> Thomas