Where is the .Trash folder?

Your trash directory is most likely at:

/home/$USER/.local/share/Trash

If you deleted something as root (e.g. deleted a file using Nautilus invoked via gksu), it is at:

/root/.local/share/Trash

(In general, according to Freedesktop.org specifications^[1][2], the "home trash" directory is at $XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash, and $XDG_DATA_HOME in turn defaults to $HOME/.local/share.)

To see .local in your home folder using the file manager, select Show Hidden Files from the View menu or just type Ctrl+H.

The Trash directory is first created when a user deletes a file. Within Trash there are three subdirectories:

• files, where the deleted files are stored until the trash is emptied
• info, which stores information on where the files once were and when they were deleted
• expunged, to which files are briefly moved when the trash is emptied (but may contain some owned by other users from directories you deleted).

Note that using the rm command in a terminal or the Shift+Delete key combination in the file manager will permanently delete your file instead of moving it to the trash.

The trash folder is located at .local/share/Trash in your home directory.

Additionally, on other disk partitions or on removable media it will be a directory .Trash-uid where uid is the uid of the user who moved the item to the trash.

Ubuntu 10.10 (oneiric)

Gnome 3.2.1 Classic

Home Folder > Go > Rubbish Bin