A New And Easier Way To Find And Delete Files From Your Chromebook
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2020
- In this video, Timmy shows you a new and easier way to find and delete files on your Chromebook
A little while ago, Timmy made a video on what you can do if you can't delete files on your Chromebook. If you haven't already watched that, you can watch it here:
• What To Do If You Can'...
And in that video, Timmy explained that if you have files in the "Recent", "Audio", "Images", or "Videos" Folders of your Chromebook, they will actually be stored somewhere else and you need to find where they are to delete them.
Back then, the only solution was to search for them to try and find them. But since then, there has been a new update to Chrome OS that makes it so much easier to find where your files are, and in this video, Timmy's going to show you this easy new method. - Наука та технологія
wait um so i use capcut to edit and export my videos but i can delete them and as the location it says "videos/cameras" but i also cant edit anything there what do i do
Thank you so much! I was just about to not save my schoolwork!
Tysm :D
No problem, I'm glad you found it helpful! 👍
@@techtimewithtimmy I didn't know if I would pass, it was litterally 25% of my grade-
I like the way you explain this stuff
Thank you! I'm glad you like it! 👍
Thanks alot
No problem, glad you found it helpful! 👍
thank you so much
No problem, glad you found it helpful!
I FIGURED IT OUT!!☺️
i found both videos helpful and i will be liking them but i have photos that the location says shared with me/third_party and then a bunch of numbers. i saved a photo from google to make my wallpaper and after i made it my wallpaper it duplicated the image and i couldn’t delete the second photo. i found a sharper image for a wallpaper so i saved it and made it my wallpaper and i tried to delete the first original photo and that worked but the duplicate is still there. the second photo i saved has 2 duplicates that i can’t delete because they say shared with me. i tried going to the shared with me folder but they don’t show up there.
what do i do if the file location is the videos folder? like its only on the video folder nowhere else. NEVER MIND I RESTARTED MY CHROMEBOOK AND IT FIXED NOW.
Hello Timmy, I have a film (on dentistry!) and have traced it to Shared with Me. Unfortunately when I go there, there is no delete button. Please advise.
Unfortunately for some reason you can't directly remove "shared with me" files from the Chrome OS files app, you can only do that from the Google Drive website.
If you go to drive.google.com and click on "Shared with me" in the menu on the left hand side of the screen, you should be able to find that video somewhere in there. And from there, you will be able to click on it and click the trash can icon in the top right hand corner to delete it.
Then, once it's deleted from there, it should disappear from the Files app on your Chromebook. (You may have to close and re-open the files app before the video will disappear).
Hope this helps.
@@techtimewithtimmy Brilliant. You deserve a knighthood.
Thank you!
Can you do one based on videos cause i can't delete them with both the methods
Sorry, I don't think there would be much point in me making one specifically for videos because the process is exactly the same as with any other type of file.
What does it say under "File location"?
im trying to delete an mpeg video and when i click on the file like you said it only says its shown in videos please help
That's strange, that shouldn't really happen. My only suggestion would be to perhaps try installing an app from the Google Play store called Files By Google.
If you are able to find the video somewhere using that app. You should be able to delete it from there. And then it should disappear from the Chrome OS files app.
THANK YOU I NEARLY DIED YOU SAVED MY LIFEE
No problem! 👍
I also tried this, but it said it's location was the camera/videos place and it isnt in camera and videos is a read only file. I really really need help
Also if you didnt see my last comment on your older video, ive tried everything, and i STILL cant delete them.
I use an editing app, capcut, and its only the videos i download on there i cant delete. Why wont they show up?
I really really really need SOMEONES help
even if the person isnt timmy
and ive tried searching already but ive found NOTHING
Oh, someone actually commented on this video a few weeks ago saying they were having the same problem with this app.
It seems this app saves videos to a folder that doesn't appear in the Chrome OS files app.
So it seems you can't delete it while in the Chrome OS files app, but if you go into the Google Play store and install an app called "Files by Google" and open it.
You will then be able to click on "Videos" inside that app, and then you'll see the video from CapCut, and you'll be able to click on it, and then click the trash can icon at the bottom of the screen, and then it will ask if you want to delete the file permanently, and you'll need to click delete. And then if you go back into the Chrome OS files app the video should be gone.
It's rather strange I know, but it worked for the other person so hopefully it will work for you too.
@@techtimewithtimmy oh i asked u the same thing thank you
Hey Timmy I'm still having a problem how to delete an image it says it's already deleted but it's not
Can you please help
If the file is deleted from the real location, you might need to close and re-open the files app or possibly even restart your Chromebook before it will disappear from the images folder.
Hope this helps.
@@techtimewithtimmy Thank you very much
No problem!
Thanks, I downloaded a file that said [risk_detected] then some random numbers
No problem, I'm glad you found it helpful! 👍
how do i even delete a .txt file!?!?!
the delete button shows up put i cant press it!?!
Sorry, but I'm not sure there's really anything I could suggest, once you click the delete button, the file should delete no matter what file type it is.
Have you tried restarting your Chromebook?
Can you please do a video on this with videos because this will not work on videos
Sorry but there would really be no point in me making a video specifically about videos because it is exactly the same process no matter what the file type is.
If you could tell me what it says under "file location", I will be able to help you find and delete the video.
@@techtimewithtimmy it says videos/camera/lv_0_20210523143440.mp4
That's very strange, are you sure there's nothing else before it says videos/?
@@techtimewithtimmy yes, if it helps any the video is from the app CapCut Video Editor
Yes, that's very helpful. I was able to install that app on my Chromebook and now I have a video file saying the same thing.
It seems this app saves videos to a folder that doesn't appear in the Chrome OS files app which is why the location is confusing.
So it seems you can't delete it while in the Chrome OS files app, but if you go into the Google Play store and install an app called "Files by Google" and open it. You will then be able to click on "Videos" inside that app, and then you'll see the video from CapCut, and you'll be able to click on it, and then click the trash can icon at the bottom of the screen, and then it will ask if you want to delete the file permanently, and you'll need to click delete. And then if you go back into the Chrome OS files app the video should be gone.
It's rather strange I know, but it worked for me just now so hopefully it works for you too.
I tried deleting it but it kept showing up in recent and wouldn't move, it would just duplicate but u could delete the duplicate
If you've deleted a file from its original location, and it's still showing up in the "Recent", "Images", "Videos", or "Audio" folders, you may need to close and re-open the files app or possibly even restart your Chromebook before the file will disappear.
Hope this helps.
@@techtimewithtimmy thanks, it's working now
Can you show how to delete all image at once?
If the real location of the files is all the same (eg: they're all in downloads) then you will be able to go into the folder that they're in and delete them all at once. But unfortunatly if they're all really stored in different places (eg: one in downloads, another in Google Drive, etc) then you wou't be able to delete them all at once.
@@techtimewithtimmy oh I see thank you!!
No problem!
I'm struggling,even in my drive i can't delete the files i want to delete.It always "Read only" why tf is that.But thanks hays
i got my files from a app so it won't i am so sad i have so many files
I'm sorry to hear that, what did it say the file location was?
Hey Timmy I still can’t seem to delete video files
Hi Kevin, sorry that it's not working for you. Would you be able to be a bit more specific as to where in the process it isn't working?
For example, are you not able to find the videos to delete them, or are you still not able to delete them once you find them in the other folders?
@@techtimewithtimmy ya whenever i move the video files to another folder and delete them they always reappear in my video selection and I’ve already tried turning off my chromebook and exiting out of the file application
So are you trying to move the videos from the videos folder to a different folder on your Chromebook?
Because if so, you unfortunately won't be able to. The videos folder is not really a normal folder, it just shows all the videos that are on your Chromebook, so if the videos are still located anywhere on your Chromebook or on your Google Drive, they will show up in the videos folder.
The only way to get the videos to not show up in the videos folder, would be to delete them from your Chromebook entirely.
Is this the problem you are having?
@@techtimewithtimmy yes exactly
Is there a way to completely delete them?
I cant delete it is only read
Hi Baran, sorry to hear you're having problems with it. When you press the space bar, what does it say the file location is?
@@techtimewithtimmy shared with ms
That sounds like it must be a file that was shared with you. I'm pretty sure the only way to remove that is with the Google Drive website.
If you go to drive.google.com/ and click on "Shared with me" in the left hand menu, you should be able to find the file in there. Once you've found the file, if you click on it and then click the trash icon in the top right hand corner it will disapear from the Google Drive website.
And then if you close the files app and open it again, you will hopefully find that the file is no longer in there either.
Hope this helps.
@@techtimewithtimmy it worked thank you
No problem, glad I could help!
im sorry bet it still didnt work becuase i got the video on a app called tiktok
but*
What does it say the real location is after you press the space bar?
@@techtimewithtimmy it shows up the same thing as yours and all that and the location said videos/camera/d6ce3c3c83cal8dd9e95967f303e8ad6.mp4
That's strange, that file path doesn't normally exist on a Chromebook.
One thing you might be able to try though is using an app called files by Google.
If you open the play store and search files by Google and install that app and open it, then click on browse in the bottom menu, and then click on "videos" there, you will hopefully find the video you're trying to delete.
And then, if you click on that video to open it, you should then be able to click on the trash can in the menu at the bottom of the screen.
Then, the video will be deleted. So then, you can close the files by Google app (and even delete the app if you like), and you may have to close and re open the Chrome OS files app or possibly even restart your Chromebook for the video to dissapear, but then the video will hopefully no longer be there.
I know this is quite a weird process, but it's the only way I can think of that might work, and it has worked in the past with people trying to delete videos from a certain video editing app, so hopefully it will work for TikTok too.
@@techtimewithtimmy okay thanks ima go and try it
I tried both methods from both the videos but it still doesn't work. I'm trying to delete videos and since my Chromebook is critically low on storage, I really have to but it doesn't work 😭 every time i try it says this:
"Operation failed
'km_Blindfold Challenge #3_1440p.mp4' cannot be changed"
WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN? 😩
After I press the spacebar, the file location says
Videos/KineMaster/km/Blindfold Challenge#3_1440p.mp4
I've already saved this video on a USB stick so now I want to delete it from my chromebook but every time it says operation failed. I trried deleting the video from the actual KineMaster app and then from the files app on the chromebook but that doesn't work either.
I think the problem is that the video came from an Android app that saves videos to a folder that doesn't appear in the Chrome OS files app.
So you probably can't delete it while in the Chrome OS files app, but if you go into the Google Play store and install an app called "Files by Google" and open it.
You will then be able to click on "Videos" inside that app, and then you'll see the video you're trying to delete, and you'll be able to click on it, and then click the trash can icon at the bottom of the screen, and then it will ask if you want to delete the file permanently, and you'll need to click delete. And then if you go back into the Chrome OS files app the video should be gone.
It's rather strange I know, but it should work and it might be the only way.