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In gnome the trash can is just a deskbar applet - real easy to remove.


Nautilus also includes two checkboxes that I like - "Include a delete command that bypasses the trash" and "warn before emptying the trash or deleting files". The first one gets checked, the second one gets unchecked. No more problem.

Of course, you have to have backups. Everybody keeps backups, right?

KDE has something almost identical:

"Show "Delete" context menu entries which bypass the trashcan"

"Ask confirmation for
Move to trash
Delete

Personally I use "delete" almost all the time.

Ah, you surely have not read The Fine Article/Rant

this is not about getting the trash out of your view. It is about not having to manage it (empty it by hand) unless it's an exceptional case.

"Ah, you surely have not read The Fine Article/Rant "
Yes, I read it. But this quote:
"Every now and then, I delete a file. I drag it to the trash icon, press delete, whatever; it ends up in the trash. The icon now changes to its "full" state - which triggers some of my obsessive compulsive neurones to fire like crazy, almost forcing me to empty the trash can.", would indicate that the "Full" trash can icon is what's really irritating him.
So, remove the icon, and just either check the Delete folder periodically, or set up a script to empty it every couple of weeks or so would seem to be a viable solution.