Deleted files don't go to the trash

Question

Lately whenever I delete any files by moving them to the trash, the following window appears:
After entering the Name & Password, the files completely disappear instead of going to the Trash.
I don't know how to fix the problem. Please help me.
Cheers!

Answer 1

Hey Catherine, hopefully you were able to fix your issue! In the future, especially with closed issues such as this one, I'd reccomend creating a new thread for your issue as you'll get a more prompt response and attention to your issue specifically!
For both Catherine and those coming through Google, you can change the permissions by copying/pasting the following commands into terminal (go -> utilities -> terminal).
mkdir ~/.Trash
If your system informs you that the "file exists", you can ignore in and move on.
Next copy and paste the following line, followed by the Return key:
sudo chown $UID ~/.Trash
This time Terminal will ask for your Admin password -the one you log into your mac with. As an FYI, this won't appear as if anything is typing, I promise, it is. It's going to be black text on a black background for security reasons, but you won't see the asterisks you're used to. Type slow, and hit return.
Next copy and paste the following:
chmod u+rwx ~/.Trash
Essentially what we're doing with these commands are:
1) Making sure that the ~/.Trash directory even exists
2) Changing the "owner" of that directory
3) Setting permission level for it.
It should end up looking like this:
Last login: Tue Apr 08 05:00:53 on ttys000
YourComputerNameHere:~ yourusername$ mkdir ~/.Trash
mkdir: /Users/yourusername/.Trash: File exists
YourComputerNameHere:~ yourusername$ sudo chown $UID ~/.Trash
Password:    (type your password then press Return)
YourComputerNameHere:~ yourusername$ chmod u+rwx ~/.Trash
YourComputerNameHere:~ yourusername$