When connected to an SMB share in Finder and deleting files or folders, this dialogue comes up:
I believe that the reasoning behind this dialogue is because deleted files don't go to a Trash or .Trashes folder, and so I think it's a good dialogue to have for most users. But when managing a large number of files in SMB shares frequently it can become very tedious and time-consuming to keep having to confirm each deletion. Power users really only need to see this once (the first time they delete something).
I am aware of the cmd+d keyboard shortcut for performing the delete function on this dialogue, which shaves off some time, but ultimately I'd like a way to suppress this dialogue completely.
How could I suppress these dialogues and make it so that when I delete something the "Delete" action is performed?
rmon the share to bypass the Finder altogether? Does this work for SMB shares? I don't have one to test with. :-) Typeman rmin Terminal for options, and test, test, test, before you commit to large chunks of files. – IconDaemon Jun 6 '20 at 16:04rmcan delete files without requiring confirmation. To integrate this into my use case and have it be as effortless as possible I created an Automator Quick Action withrm "$1"in a "Run Shell Script" action. When selecting a file in Finder, this shows up in the services menu, so I was able to assign a keyboard shortcut to it in System Prefs. When invoking it does take 1-2 seconds for the automator quick action to run, but it's still better than having to interact with the confirmation dialogue repeatedly. Should you post this as an answer? – Employee Jun 6 '20 at 21:23