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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  1. TrashEye icon

    TrashEye

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    Simply a trash can on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • TrashEye is the most popular Mac alternative to Trash.

    • TrashEye is the most popular free alternative to Trash.

    • TrashEye is Free and ProprietaryTrash is Free and Open Source

  2. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • trash-cli is the most popular Linux alternative to Trash.

    • trash-cli is the most popular Open Source alternative to Trash.

    • trash-cli is Free and Open SourceTrash is also Free and Open Source

  4. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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