// The actual original folders/files were named Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, etc. The 00001kkkkk–00007kkkkk names are the stuck internal remnants, not the names of the original personal folders. //

macOS Trash / Relocated Items Problem

I am unable to permanently delete a leftover folder/object from macOS Trash.

Finder reports an error similar to:

00001kkkkk and 5 more are actally  Documents Music Pages Numbers folders renamed.

>

Important background

The problem started after dealing with an earlier macOS:

/Users/Shared/Relocated Items

folder.

That folder was deleted previously.

The actual folders/files that had been involved were ordinary personal macOS folders/files, including:

• Documents
• Music
• Pages
• Numbers
• and other personal files/folders.

I have already renamed/moved the relevant personal folders as part of the earlier cleanup.

What I have already tried

I have already:

• Turned off/quit the cloud-drive application involved.
• Tried deleting the item normally from Finder.
• Tried emptying Trash.
• Restarted and stopped the relevant cloud application.
• Used Terminal to investigate whether a process was holding the item open.
• Ran lsof; it did not report a process holding 00001kkkkk open.
• Located the actual filesystem object with find.
• Tried sudo rm -rf against the correct path.
• The object still cannot be removed.

Actual location discovered

The relevant structure is:

~/.Trash/tRash/
    <directory whose name is literally one space>
        Mobile Documents/
            00001kkkkk
            00002kkkkk
            00003kkkkk
            00004kkkkk
            00005kkkkk
            00006kkkkk
            00007kkkkk

The numbered names above are internal/stale remnants, not the names of the original personal folders.

The original user data involved Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, and other personal files/folders.

Filesystem characteristics

The affected numbered objects show these flags:

hidden,compressed,dataless

There is no uchg/immutable flag reported.

The object is on the normal root filesystem /.

Deletion behavior

Attempting:

sudo rm -rf -- "/Users/name/.Trash/tRash/ "

does not remove the contents.

Instead, macOS reports:

Directory not empty

for the numbered objects and their parent directories.

Directory-read behavior

Attempting to inspect one of the numbered objects produces:

ls: fts_read: Operation timed out

find can see the numbered directory itself but does not reveal ordinary child files inside it.

iCloud / CloudDocs indicators

The hierarchy contains:

Mobile Documents

and the system has Apple's cloud-related processes running, including:

bird
cloudd
fileproviderd

A recent log search did not show relevant entries for the stuck object.

brctl status returned:

BRCloudDocsErrorDomain Code=141 "Access denied"

Important distinction

The original data was normal personal data such as:

Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, and other personal folders/files.

The 00001kkkkk** etc. names are not the names of those original files**. They appear to be internal/stale objects left behind after the earlier Relocated Items/deletion process.

I want to make absolutely sure that any repair or deletion procedure removes only these stale remnants and does not delete or damage the actual Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, or other personal data.

Requested assistance

Please determine the safest way to permanently remove the stale internal objects from Trash.

If APFS/Disk Utility First Aid or macOS Recovery is required, please explain the procedure before any destructive action.

The desired result is:

1. Remove the stale internal Trash remnants.
2. Remove the leftover tRash structure if it is no longer needed.
3. Allow Finder Trash to empty normally.
4. Preserve all actual personal data, especially Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, and other files/folders.

I'm trying to permanently delete a leftover item from Trash after cleaning up an old /Users/Shared/Relocated Items folder.

The original folders involved were Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, etc. Those were my actual files; the 00001kkkkk names I'm seeing now appear to be internal leftover objects.

Finder says the item is in use. I've already quit the cloud-drive app, restarted, tried normal deletion, and tried Terminal with sudo rm -rf.

I located the object under:

~/.Trash/tRash/ /Mobile Documents/

The affected objects show hidden,compressed,dataless. lsof finds no process using them. rm -rf reaches them but reports “Directory not empty”, and trying to inspect one with ls eventually gives “fts_read: Operation timed out.”

I'm concerned about deleting anything because this appears related to iCloud/CloudDocs and the old Relocated Items folder. I want to remove only the stale Trash remnants without affecting my actual Documents/Music/Pages/Numbers files.

What is the safest way to repair/remove this? Is APFS First Aid from Recovery appropriate?

// The actual original folders/files were named Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, etc. The 00001kkkkk–00007kkkkk names are the stuck internal remnants, not the names of the original personal folders. //

macOS Trash / Relocated Items Problem

I am unable to permanently delete a leftover folder/object from macOS Trash.

Finder reports an error similar to:

00001kkkkk and 5 more are actally  Documents Music Pages Numbers folders renamed.

>

Important background

The problem started after dealing with an earlier macOS:

/Users/Shared/Relocated Items

folder.

That folder was deleted previously.

The actual folders/files that had been involved were ordinary personal macOS folders/files, including:

• Documents
• Music
• Pages
• Numbers
• and other personal files/folders.

I have already renamed/moved the relevant personal folders as part of the earlier cleanup.

What I have already tried

I have already:

• Turned off/quit the cloud-drive application involved.
• Tried deleting the item normally from Finder.
• Tried emptying Trash.
• Restarted and stopped the relevant cloud application.
• Used Terminal to investigate whether a process was holding the item open.
• Ran lsof; it did not report a process holding 00001kkkkk open.
• Located the actual filesystem object with find.
• Tried sudo rm -rf against the correct path.
• The object still cannot be removed.

Actual location discovered

The relevant structure is:

~/.Trash/tRash/
    <directory whose name is literally one space>
        Mobile Documents/
            00001kkkkk
            00002kkkkk
            00003kkkkk
            00004kkkkk
            00005kkkkk
            00006kkkkk
            00007kkkkk

The numbered names above are internal/stale remnants, not the names of the original personal folders.

The original user data involved Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, and other personal files/folders.

Filesystem characteristics

The affected numbered objects show these flags:

hidden,compressed,dataless

There is no uchg/immutable flag reported.

The object is on the normal root filesystem /.

Deletion behavior

Attempting:

sudo rm -rf -- "/Users/name/.Trash/tRash/ "

does not remove the contents.

Instead, macOS reports:

Directory not empty

for the numbered objects and their parent directories.

Directory-read behavior

Attempting to inspect one of the numbered objects produces:

ls: fts_read: Operation timed out

find can see the numbered directory itself but does not reveal ordinary child files inside it.

iCloud / CloudDocs indicators

The hierarchy contains:

Mobile Documents

and the system has Apple's cloud-related processes running, including:

bird
cloudd
fileproviderd

A recent log search did not show relevant entries for the stuck object.

brctl status returned:

BRCloudDocsErrorDomain Code=141 "Access denied"

Important distinction

The original data was normal personal data such as:

Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, and other personal folders/files.

The 00001kkkkk** etc. names are not the names of those original files**. They appear to be internal/stale objects left behind after the earlier Relocated Items/deletion process.

I want to make absolutely sure that any repair or deletion procedure removes only these stale remnants and does not delete or damage the actual Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, or other personal data.

Requested assistance

Please determine the safest way to permanently remove the stale internal objects from Trash.

If APFS/Disk Utility First Aid or macOS Recovery is required, please explain the procedure before any destructive action.

The desired result is:

1. Remove the stale internal Trash remnants.
2. Remove the leftover tRash structure if it is no longer needed.
3. Allow Finder Trash to empty normally.
4. Preserve all actual personal data, especially Documents, Music, Pages, Numbers, and other files/folders.