old trash folder content

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi Daniel,

.dtrash is the digiKam trash. It's a dedicated one hosted in each
collection registered in the database. By this way, a backup of a
collection includes the trash as well. This solution is also not
platform dependent.
.Trash-1000 is the desktop trash. It has nothing to do with digiKam (1000
is the user ID from the system).

The .dtrash will be recreated automatically by digiKam if it does not
exist. The metadata contents in .dtrash is digiKam specific. Do not touch
these files.

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 7 oct. 2026 à 21:12, Daniel Bauer <linux at daniel-bauer.com> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I see that I have some old trash folders content in .dtrash/info. After
> emptying the trash in digikam I have:
>
> dir .dtrash
>    dir files (empty)
>    dir info (contains *.dtrashinfo-files from 2023 and 2024)
>    file digikam.uuid (from 2025)
> dir .Trash-1000
>    dir files (empty, from 2025)
>    dir info (empty, from 2025)
>    file metadata (empty, from 2010)
>
> a) can I safely delete the files in .dtrash/info (after empty the trash
> in digikam)?
> b) do I need both trash trees (.dtrash and .Trash-1000)?
> c) do I need the files digikam.uuid and metadata?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Daniel
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