On Chromebooks that have Play Store enabled, you will now see some new folders if you open the Files app. In the left column, you will see folders named Images, Videos, and Audio. In the past, only the Downloads folder was shown for local files stored on your internal drive. If you open the Files app, you can see the files in these folders, open them, and copy them. But, you cannot delete them. Currently, these folders are read-only for ChromeOS. The files come from Android apps, and the subfolders are created by those apps. They are similar to what you will find on your phone, although the top level folders may be named differently.
Delete files and folders on Chromebook
- Click the App Launcher icon in the bottom-left corner. The App Launcher appears.
- Locate the Files icon and click it. …
- Select the file that you wish to delete by clicking or tapping the file once.
- Click the trash can icon located in the bottom-right corner of the Files app window.
Use an Android file manager app to delete files
The first technique is to use an Android file manager app, or the Android app that created the file. Whatever app you used to create the files should also be able to delete any files you don’t want to keep. Some apps, however, do not have built in file management functions.
For a more comprehensive solution, install an Android file manager app. If you have an Android phone, you might already have a favorite file manager app. There are dozens of them available in the Play Store. This shows most of them:
Like any app that you install, you should carefully read the ratings and reviews, and make sure the app is being updated regularly. I tend to avoid apps that have not been updated for months. Since ChromeOS is now allowing apps to be resized, you should also look for ones that have that feature, and provide layouts for tablets. They will typically utilize the screen space more effectively. Some of the managers are extremely complex and include links to Drive, Dropbox, and other cloud storage. They might include FTP and other file transfer abilities. To help find the better file manager apps, you can use Google to search for comparisons and “best” lists.
Once you install the file manager app, you can navigate through the Android folders as well as the ChromeOS Downloads folder. This will give you the ability to delete files and also to copy or move files between the Android environment and the ChromeOS environment.
Change ChromeOS Settings
The second solution is to use ChromeOS Settings. This was documented by other experts.
Go to settings > Google Play Store > manage Android preferences. Now you’re into the Android settings > click on storage > images. You could also click on apps > click on Instagram for example to delete those images. You can delete them from here by clicking to select > delete icon top right. You can also go to settings > device > storage management > Android storage
Can anyone help, I have a chrome book and want to delete pictures from images , any idea ,
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Click the file and then the trash can, I needed more space lol now I good
bruh what trashcan i dont have one in my files so i dont know if it was my administrator or what. I’m trying to delete audio files, and can’t seem to find a “trashcan option” pls help
ME NEITHER
ye same
Click the photo until its in the gallery option and then there will be a delete button at the top of each photo you click
fr. these folks must not have a chomebook. there is no recycle bin and there is no right click so you have to press alt+the touch pad and there is no delete option so you have to click alt+backspace which doesn’t work. chromebook sucks and i wish i could get a refund. i regret buying this pos.
Me too this thing is junk
They do have a chrome book and they are right you have to press the image you wanna delete for a while then you can see a app called gallery or whatever and then the trash bin at the top just click it or you could double click and delete
SAME HERE…why do they make it so hard to do simply things. If you must use the shift key why can’t they just make the D for Delete….damn Wish I could get my money back tooooo
a me too
Just double click and press delete.
there’s NO delete available to click on…
So for the files that say read only, like your photos and videos, go to your google drive file and find the things you want to delete and delete them from there.
shit this was so helpful
excuse me i know but i have know clue how to get ride of it
I see no trashcan in files, so can’t delete
same
me two
hit backspace and click delete.
same it happen to me i cant delete them but last night i completly rewash it that was the only but it delete all the pics and files
No trash can in the file app window.
is there any other way i can delete videos and pictures from my files ????
how do i stop my chromebook from using the built in app for opening rar files? i don’t like it, and it is forcing me to use it because whenever i chose a rar file it pins it up-i can’t stop it or cancel it-please help!
I dont know how to delete the pics and i want to because people have ben getting into my chromebook and I have all of my work pics in my chromebook so I need to delete them because i the pics at work so I dont really need them so Like i need to know how to delete pics and FAST!!!
Go to the Google Store and download the app, ‘Files by Google: Clean up space on your phone Google, LLC’
Within that app, you can open the video and find the trash can. I had to do it twice before it deleted the video.
Thank you.
Thank you so much. This was very helpful, and before I had hardly any space on my laptop because I was unable to delete any files. Now I have a lot more space, not just that but it helped with other problems!
This has changed my whole experience on Chrome. Thanks!
Thank you! I almost chucked my laptop in the ocean this really saved me.
Where is the trash can in file app window?
i do not understand how to delete the pics. because i try and try but it will not work
I can delete pictures but for some reason, I can’t delete videos. Also, the delete button only appears when you are in the list view rather than the thumbnail view
I just found it how
So just go to the camera, take a picture and you will able delete all the videos or the images from the past. You will see the trash icon on the top
go into my files, and downloads, you should see the trashcan icon in this window,
This worked. Thank you!!
i cant find the delete thing
I appreciate the link for the File Managers of which I found an easy, graphical one that I installed and have used. It is perfect as is the article.
I appreciate the link for the File Managers of which I found an easy, graphical one that I installed and have used. It is perfect as is the article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4e2zds9Zvw
This youtube video will show you how to do it.
There is no trash can.
I tried it didn’t work
Highlight the item you want to delete then hit ALT + Backspace
You have to go into your downloads in the files app, and when you click on an image or video a trash can should pop up in the top right section of the window.
My videos don’t f****** show up in the downloads.
I was able to delete a snip it by going to play files, but when I go to images, its still there. Also, i noticed that when i go to files, it’s in read only. How can I remove this from read only to regular mode so that I can edit ro delete?
I was using a video app to record, once i went on that app and deleted them from there it deleted them from the files too.
If you want to get rid of photos what I do is powerwash the chrome book and then resign in to the chromebook and if you open files the all the images are gone But if there some images you want to keep send it to your email first then when you resign in you can saved those photos by email. I hope this works for some people
You have to go to the camera and then click on your photos under the like take the photo thing, then click the picture you want to delete and click the trash can, and it’s gone… YOUR WELCOME!
top right corner is trash can
I want to delete all of them at once, but I can’t
Does anyone know how to delete them all at once???
I just did it…just follow the last part of what the article said…”You can also go to settings > device > storage management > Android storage”
It worked!
Thank you.
I didn’t have that… for some reasn it didn’t work!
thanky you!
I don’t have the trashcan icon either so there is no way for me to delete a pic….
Don’t you guys have any ideas to help me cos I know that I have deleted files before but I have forgotten how to delete one.
click on the file you would like to delete and drag it to downloads. once you got it there press on the right side of the mouse and left at the same time and it will give you the option to delete them.
this works but you have to do it individually 🙁
That worked thank you
I went into my Chromebook settings and I click on advanced. Then I clicked on files and in files you will scroll down and find an option to “Disconnect your Google Drive Account”. I toggled the switch so that it’s on and the folders are still on my computer but it did appear to remove the files out of them. This worked for me and I’m not sure if it will for other people but I hope it does. Best wishes and good luck.
worked for me. thank you so very much.
where do u find the advanced button im so stuck oml
delete my phote
were is the trash???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
There’s no trash
Where
I need help
how can i delete my images videos and in all recent if i can only see is read only,I dont know how to delete those.plss help
Files in the Recent, Images, Videos and Audio folders are viewable only and can’t be deleted directly in those folders.
this is what i see lol pls help
omfg same im gonna cryryhfdyhddw
I got it
If you want to delete your files and you do not have the trash can all you have to do is double click it with your mouse or if you do not have a mouse use your other mouse that is on your computer and then Double click it and then it will say delete and then press delete and then your good bam you guy’s happy now?
Bitch when I double click it doesn’t do anything
Does anyone know what to do I am trying to delete a picture in my files and it doesn’t give me the trash can icon all it gives me is the option to share it with others I don’t what this shit is but I am fucking frusterated.
Hey, i dont know if this will help but dont go to “Audios” find the audio in downloads and then tap it, then there should be a trashcan option, its basically just a trashcan icon, not actually saying “delete”. i hope it helps if not im pretty sure ur admin has blocked it
Hey, i dont know if this will help but dont go to “Audios” find the audio in downloads and then tap it, then there should be a trashcan option, its basically just a trashcan icon, not actually saying “delete”. i hope it helps if not im pretty sure ur admin has blocked it
hi i deleted all of my photos and they will never pop up again just ask me for help
HI I need help deleting Images that are already saved on my computer can you please tell me how
i went to the your photos page try to delete it but it do not have a buttion
pls help
hit backspace and then click the delete button.
click backspace and then click the delete button.
need help deleting photos. no clue about anything.
no
HELP! Every time I try to delete a screenshot on my Chromebook it keeps saying: Operation failed. HELP!
click on the file. then go to “open” in the task bar. choose “open with gallery” and when it opens you’ll see a trash can above the video/pic.
you click on it and then push on the trash can
The file is in my Google Drive. I don’t want to delete the file per se; I want to delete the image thumbnail on Files>Images.
right click on the file under images and click on go to file location. Thatś where you will have the option to delete the file.
Okay y’all, what ya gotta do is hold the ctrl button while clicking all of the pictures/images you want to delete, okay then when you have clicked all that, hit the trash can image at the top of the box. Okay y’all? Thanks hope this worked!
I think i’ve figure it out.
The problem is that you can’t delete files in the folders “Audio”, “Images”, “Videos”, etc.. So you have to find the files you want to delete on Google Drive >>> My Disk, and the you can delete them just clicking on the trash can.
Makes no sense at all but i’ve finally removed the files i wanted to.
want to delete some pictures go to you clock then you see a like boy it called accessibillty go in then you see high con put con then you get a new tab then you see a like pen go in the pen go to the first thing then you see there 3 … go on them you will see selet all go there then our going to see open go one open then you will see a trash can then you can delete the pictures 🙂 hope it helped:))
hope it helped
There is no trash icon on some videos : (
NO trash can in my files window!!
*YOU HAVE TO GO TO DOWNLOADS* you cant select all and then delete when you click images– so you click downloads -> select all -> the trash can icon on the top!!!!
If the images is through an app go to play files at the bottom and select the category and app it is from. For instance I had pictures from an app called Picsart. I went to play files, the folder picsart, and then I was able to delete everything from in there
i tried this .. i dont see the app ive used to edit the photos 🙁
the files could be on your google drive. Check there and delete them from there.
this is what helps me from the chromebook community
Go into Settings (your chromebook )> Google Play Store(under apps) > Manage Android preferences > Storage
From there, you can navigate to the Images folder and delete the files. (mine was snapseed) tried all other options but this what works for me
This worked for me.
On a chomebook go into your Drive, select the files there, click on the trash can to delete.
You can take it to another step…in Drive again, click on the trash folder, delete again to be permanant.
🙂
hey i like this
sorry i dont know what this is so im stock
the files could be on your google drive. Check there and delete them from there.
ANYONE WHO DOESNT SEE THE TRASHCAN ICON, OR ONLY SEES THE FILES IN AUDIO or VIDEO FOLDER BUT NOT IN DOWNLOAD, TO DELETE THE READ ONLY FILE:
It is a matter of
1) going to my chromebook settings
2) then to google play store
3) then to Manage Android Storage
4) then to “Internal Shared Storage”
5) From there click on videos or images, etc,
6) then click the video/image/etc you want to delete
7) then click on the trash icon
Nah this is cap this dose not work to do not wast your time on