Some files in the trash won't let me delete

I have a Macbook Pro OS X version 10.9.1
My Macbook Pro was running a bit slow, I checked on the internet that something called 'Cache' is causing this and it says it's good to delete 'Cache' around once a week so that my mac will be fast so I did, I deleted all 'Cache' it ended up in the trash so I wanted to empty my trash but it won't let me it says everything is in use so what do I do??
I'm in clearing 'Cache' wrong please tell me how I do it properly, my whole safari is slow!!

if you go into terminal and type "sudo rm -rf " and then drag the file into the terminal window, hit enter, type password (it won't appear as though you are typing your password but just keep typing and press enter).
p.s. make sure there is a space after the "-rf" and don't type the quotation marks. Also be careful with this command as you can wipe your entire computer.
This video will show you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdnEx-CWqAU you can use the capital R like this guy has done or the rf both will delete the folder.

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I can't put some files in the Trash

Hello everyone,
Unfortunately, I'm having some trouble putting some files in the trash...
They say they're adobe dreamweaver files, but I've never installed dreamweaver - I was only flagged up about them when I tried to install dreamweaver, and was told that it was already installed and I needed to remove any files etc.
So I did a search for all adobe or dreamweaver files, and sure enough there they were. I consequently tracked to whack them all in the bin, but to no avail. The computer would say "this will permanently delete the file, are you sure?" - I would click yes, and it froze for a moment every time I tried and then popped up with this error message:
"Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occurred
Error code -61"
Here's a screen grab:
http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2cb3.png (the error message)
http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture3sx0.png (the files in question are highlighted)
If anyone knows how I could delete these, that would be extremely helpful...
I've tried the get info, unlocking trick, and there's been no joy there - the read only options are faded out and not possible to change. I've also tried TrashIt, which was recommended, and didn't work...
Any ideas would be very kind, thanks...

I can't find my OSX disk
I don't really understand this (that disk shows up in the screenshot you uploaded of the Finder window resulting from your search), but I also think it's irrelevant.
I went back and read your original post, and I saw this: 'The computer would say "this will permanently delete the file, are you sure?"'. I've since seen another entry in this Topic List which indicates that you get such a message when your .Trash folder is gone. (Of course, there may be other reasons why you can get the message too.) If that's true, then you really need to fix it. One easy way to find out is, try creating an ordinary file in your home directory, and then drag it to the trash? Does that work? I suspect you'll get the same message about "this will permanently delete the file, are you sure". But if you say "yes", it should succeed in deleting it. But it does indicate that your .Trash folder is probably gone.
if I create a new account that is also an administrator, then bin them, are you sure this will work?
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Incidentally, the Subject of the item I mentioned above is "Trash deletes any file without emptying".
If I'm right about your trash not working, and you want a way to "fix" it, you can get back. Or maybe make a new problem.

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