Cannot delete .crdownload files

Question

I recently downloaded pictures from chromium on my desktop and it left the .crdownload files. I have tried moving them to trash and I get the error

Error when getting information for file '/home/michael/Desktop/okgo.jpg.crdownload': No such file or directory

I have also tried using to terminal to delete them and the command goes through but the icon still remains on my desktop.

Thanks

Solution 1

You may have experienced some kind of graphics glitch. Press the F5 key to refresh the icons on the desktop screen.

Another thing to check is to go to Systems Settings -> Appearance -> Look tab and change the desktop wallpaper picture back and forth or the .crdownload files may be gone the next time that you reboot the computer.

To change the wallpaper in 18.04 go to Settings -> Background -> Wallpapers tab -> click a background image to select it -> press the Select button.

To change the wallpaper in 20.04 go to Settings -> Background -> click a background image to select it.

Solution 2

After a downloading has finished, it should be deleted auto but sometimes Desktop (or Nemo, Nautilus etc.) need a refresh (F5), then it will disappear.

Comments

[Alex Summers]

This is indeed the case with these. It's not that nemo can't delete the file, the file is literally not there. And since Chrome has deleted the files from under nemo, nemo had no clue not to remove the desktop representation of them. F5 worked like a charm. Perhaps someone should inform the chromium project that they need to send a refresh request via system signal upon removing these files. (if that's even a thing)

[Forgotten Ape]

F5 will do the job as well.

[tommyalvarez]

This solve it for me, ubuntu 18.04 with unity

[RBV]

Korosh's comment about F5, above, is spot on. Wish I'd know about that sooner...