# Trash does not go away in 7 days

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/trash-does-not-go-away-in-7-days/25936>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** trash\
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/trash-does-not-go-away-in-7-days/25936 "2024-04-23T18:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![thepaul](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/thepaul/32/65_2.png) [@thepaul](https://forum.storj.io/u/thepaul)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/trash-does-not-go-away-in-7-days/25936/46 "2024-04-28T21:04:51Z")

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Can anyone with this problem let us know which of the following log messages they can find? I’d like to see the full log lines.

- `emptying trash started`
- `emptying trash failed`
- `emptying trash finished`
- `trash-filewalker started`
- `trash-filewalker completed`

_Edited to add_: If the undeleted trash directories are causing problems, you can `rm -rf` them yourself. If the timestamp from the directory name is more than 7 days ago, this will be 100% safe to do. Obviously the node software should be doing it for you, but this is a workaround you can use until we figure out what’s wrong and fix it.

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