Trash Alternatives

Trash is described as 'Move files and directories to the trash' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to Trash for Linux and Mac. The best Trash alternative is TrashEye, which is free. Other great apps like Trash are trash-cli and rmtrash.

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Trash alternatives page was last updated Aug 25, 2022

TrashEye
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Simply a trash can on your desktop.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Platforms
Mac
Is TrashEye a good alternative to Trash?
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trash-cli
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trash-cli trashes files recording the original path, deletion date, and permissions. It uses the same trashcan used by KDE, GNOME, and XFCE, but you can invoke it from the command line (and scripts).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
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Is trash-cli a good alternative to Trash?
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rmtrash
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Put files (and directories) in trash using the trash-put command in a way that is, otherwise as trash-put itself, compatible to GNUs rm and rmdir.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
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