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I have a very strange folder in trash that cannot be deleted, even in safe mode. It looks like this: a/b/a/b/a/b/a/b/a/b...

"STM32NucleoPowerControl is the name of my old programming project I don't need anymore. Maybe this odd structure was generated by some crazy IDE? When I try to delete this folder, Finder says that the folder cannot be deleted because item "gcc" is in use. When I skip it, item "ARM" is in use, and so on with other files. Therefore, I have to skip all these files every time when I empty the trash. Thanks for help!

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  • Have you tried removing the top folder from the command line as root? – Solar Mike Dec 30 '17 at 10:29
  • Another option is an app called “trash it” - 3rd party but not mine and that works... – Solar Mike Dec 30 '17 at 10:32
  • Can you open Terminal, run cd .Trash; ls -lid STM32* STM32/* STM32/*/* and add the result to the question (copy/paste as text)? – nohillside♦ Dec 30 '17 at 11:10
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I just had to use rm -r on the directory without root.

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