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Apr 21, 2026 1:33 PM UTC
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How to empty trash folder: "Your admin has disabled this feature"

Hi,

 

when I try to empty the trash folder in the team folder directory, I get the message that I do not have the rights to do that. Currently I hold the account owner role of the VILS Enterprise account. 

How this can be solved?

 
 
Becca G
Becca GAnswer
Lucid support team
Apr 23, 2026 8:09 PM UTC

Hi ​@veerle.soetewey, thanks for the clarification. If you are an admin, could you try toggling this setting off, via the admin panel (Compliance > Retention > Trash)? 

 

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Becca G
Lucid support team
Apr 21, 2026 9:58 PM UTC

Hi ​@veerle.soetewey, thanks for posting in the Community! Have you been assigned “Edit and Share” access to this team folder?

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Apr 23, 2026 7:26 AM UTC

Hi,

it is not a Team Folder, it is the general Trash Folder under documents (apologies for the confusion, it is a mistake in my initial post). So no rights can be attributed to it. For all the files in this trash folder, the “delete from Trash” button is disabled:

 

 
 
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Becca G
Becca GAnswer
Lucid support team
Apr 23, 2026 8:09 PM UTC

Hi ​@veerle.soetewey, thanks for the clarification. If you are an admin, could you try toggling this setting off, via the admin panel (Compliance > Retention > Trash)? 

 

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Apr 24, 2026 7:49 AM UTC

Thanks, this works!

 
 
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