# \[solved\] Can't delete files

**URL:** <https://forum.pydio.com/t/solved-cant-delete-files/3022>\
**Category:** Pydio 8\
**Created:** [January 10, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/solved-cant-delete-files/3022 "2020-01-10T13:05:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![IT\_Admin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90db22/32.png) [@IT\_Admin](https://forum.pydio.com/u/IT_Admin)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/solved-cant-delete-files/3022/1 "2020-01-10T13:05:47Z")

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Please provide the following tags: install / upgrade, package type, server OS, pydio version

Please provide the following tags: install / upgrade, package type, server OS, pydio version

Ubuntu 18.04, Pydio Core 8.2.5, All front ends.

When attempting to delete a file we are now met with the message “The directory /recycle\_bin is now writable. This may be a permissions problem”

This happens for all user levels.

This just started happening with no admin intervention. I’ve gone through many search results, including on this forum, but nothing I’ve tried works.

How do we enable file deletions?

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**Author:** ![c12simple](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/c12simple/32/90_2.png) [@c12simple](https://forum.pydio.com/u/c12simple)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/solved-cant-delete-files/3022/2 "2020-01-10T13:38:29Z")

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Hello,

Is this happened after the upgrade to 8.2.5 ?

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**Author:** ![IT\_Admin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90db22/32.png) [@IT\_Admin](https://forum.pydio.com/u/IT_Admin)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/solved-cant-delete-files/3022/3 "2020-01-10T14:26:17Z")

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Hi,

Yes, I think so, or possible when it went from 7 to 8. Files don’t often get deleted from our server.

It may not be related at all but an entire directory, including sub-directories, was mysteriously deleted around this time. It had to restored from our backup service.

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**Author:** ![c12simple](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/forum.pydio.com/c12simple/32/90_2.png) [@c12simple](https://forum.pydio.com/u/c12simple)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/solved-cant-delete-files/3022/4 "2020-01-10T14:33:16Z")

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Hello,

What was old version of Pydio before upgrading to latest versino 8.2.5?  
Do you have error message in the log of apache? (if yes, please post it)

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**Author:** ![IT\_Admin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90db22/32.png) [@IT\_Admin](https://forum.pydio.com/u/IT_Admin)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/solved-cant-delete-files/3022/5 "2020-01-10T15:34:34Z")

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RESOLVED

As soon as the roles issue ([Can't access files or Home](https://forum.pydio.com/t/cant-access-files-or-home/3021/10)) was sorted out, for me at least, I was able to create a folder called recycle\_bin from the web front end which was immediately recognised as the “Recycle Bin” and we can delete files again.