How can i disable xfce trash?

[fogpipe]

This is the all time dumbest feature i have ever seen in a file/desktop manager, instead of deleting files, picking delete from a right click menu merely moves them to ~/.local/share/Trash/files

I have tried linking ~/.local/share/Trash/files to /dev/null, but then when i try to delete a file xfce complains that it isnt a directory.

i suppose i could create a cron job, but there just has to be a way to turn this off. i cant imagine that the developers are stupid enough to make this unchangeable.

[fogpipe]

I dont know if anybody is watching this thread but apparently this is somewhat of a hot topic on the xfce forum and mailing list. Until the developers include the ability to delete files in thunar here is a workaround.
This is a sendto link that will appear in the thunar sendto menu. Place a file with this content

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Name=Oblivion
Name[en_GB]=Oblivion
Icon=internet-mail
Exec=rm -rf %F

In your /usr/share/Thunar/sendto dir and save it as thunar-oblivion.desktop. I have tested it a couple of times and it works. But be careful, i assume no responsibility for either use or misuse of this info. Anything you delete with this script will be GONE FOREVER. Adjust icon setting to your liking.

I wish traffic on this board would pick up a bit. Im getting tired of solving my own problems.

[Joe1962]

Well, shift-Del has always worked for me in Thunar/XFCE to bypass the Trash, that is pretty much the standard in most operating systems or desktop environments.

[stretchedthin]

Well, shift-Del has always worked for me in Thunar/XFCE to bypass the Trash, that is pretty much the standard in most operating systems or desktop environments.

Yes same here.  Shift + delete does the trick.

[fogpipe]

Well, shift-Del has always worked for me in Thunar/XFCE to bypass the Trash, that is pretty much the standard in most operating systems or desktop environments.

In everyone except xfce (including windows) that i have experience with there is some sort of gui feature to turn off trash and delete things without a keyboard shortcut. I just adjusted the KDE setting to show delete in the right click menu to bypass trash.

[rbistolfi]

I agree you should be able to change this behaivor, but looks like the Xfce will not do it. I did try to override the action for the <Delete> key with little success. Maybe using something like xbindkeys...
Looking around I saw a patch that disables the Trash thing, but it requires building for source and maintaining your own Thunar...