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Mauri

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Registered: 2025-05-04

Posts: 8

delete files from ntfs partition

Hi everyone, I installed this distribution on my old PC and now I realized that I can't delete files on another partition of the same PC. Is there a way?
Thanks.

hchiper

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 613

Re: delete files from ntfs partition

Please describe your problem more precisely, we cant guess. Do you just don't know how to delete them? Do you get an error message? Do you want to keep that partition formatted as it is or to reformat it?

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Q4OS machine: Samsung R519 - Pentium T4200 2.0 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD

Mauri

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Registered: 2025-05-04

Posts: 8

Re: delete files from ntfs partition

on my PC there are two partitions, the operating system is installed on partition C, while all my old documents are on partition D
formatted in NTFS. I can see and copy these files but there is no command to delete them. I would like to keep the partition as it is, is there a method? thanks

hchiper

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 613

Re: delete files from ntfs partition

From the command line you can use `rm <filepath>` and from a file explorer like Dolphin you can browse the desired folder, select one or more files and/or directories, right click and choose Delete or Send to Recycle bin.

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Q4OS machine: Samsung R519 - Pentium T4200 2.0 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD

Mauri

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Registered: 2025-05-04

Posts: 8

Re: delete files from ntfs partition

I tried but it doesn't work for me, maybe something is wrong. Thanks equally

hchiper

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 613

Re: delete files from ntfs partition

How did you try? No error message?
If you didn't already, use the command line to delete a file (you are more likely to get an error message to know what the problem is):

$ rm <path/to/file/to/be/deleted>

It could be helpful to see the output of this command:

$ mount

Maybe you have installed Q4OS using the Windows installer (you're talking of partitions C and D, of NTFS...) and maybe it is the origin of the problem (I'm not sure because I don't have Windows installed on my system and so I can't try the same operations as you).

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Q4OS machine: Samsung R519 - Pentium T4200 2.0 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD

Mauri

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Registered: 2025-05-04

Posts: 8

Re: delete files from ntfs partition

I used this string `rm <filepath>` and yes, it gave me an error but I didn't think to copy it. Now I'll try with this, otherwise I thought of copying the files of the NTFS partition to the ext4 partition, and then format that in ext4 too, since I won't use windows anymore. I've been using linux for a few days, it's all new to me. Thanks for your patience.