# File::moveToTrash does not work on OS X

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133>\
**Category:** MacOSX and iOS\
**Created:** [January 6, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133 "2015-01-06T11:04:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ronaaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/ronaaron/32/535_2.png) [@ronaaron](https://forum.juce.com/u/ronaaron)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133/1 "2015-01-06T11:04:28Z")

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The file is deleted but not moved to the trash.

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**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133/2 "2015-01-06T11:31:47Z")

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Works fine for me (built with OS X 10.6.8)…

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**Author:** ![ronaaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/ronaaron/32/535_2.png) [@ronaaron](https://forum.juce.com/u/ronaaron)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133/3 "2015-01-06T11:42:37Z")

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Maybe it's the OS version. &nbsp;I'm runing 10.10.1

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**Author:** ![nicolasdanet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/nicolasdanet/32/56_2.png) [@nicolasdanet](https://forum.juce.com/u/nicolasdanet)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133/4 "2015-01-06T12:00:22Z")

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? JUCE\_IOS

> <https://github.com/WeAreROLI/JUCE/blob/master/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Files.mm>

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**Author:** ![ronaaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/ronaaron/32/535_2.png) [@ronaaron](https://forum.juce.com/u/ronaaron)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133/5 "2015-01-06T13:22:15Z")

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A valiant effort, but no; I don't have JUCE\_IOS defined for the OSX build (if I did, I don't believe it would successfully compile and run on OSX because of the differenet APIs)

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**Author:** ![AaronLeese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/aaronleese/32/624_2.png) [@AaronLeese](https://forum.juce.com/u/AaronLeese)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133/6 "2015-10-08T15:26:00Z")

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Yeah, I see something like this too.

I use to be able to move plugins to trash while running.

Now I can't (OSX 10.10).

I can **moveFileTo** () other locations though.

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Also - the moveToTrash is returning true, so it THINKS it is working. Very strange.

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://forum.juce.com/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/file-movetotrash-does-not-work-on-os-x/14133/7 "2015-10-08T16:02:15Z")

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I just changed that function this week, since Apple deprecated the old function I was using to move to trash. So try the new version if you've not already..