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Ubuntu brainstorm idea #1605 – Trash criteria/timing

I have been thinking about ideas I could post on the ubuntu brainstorm platform. Today, while at the office, an idea finally occurred to me.

In an office environment, or even at home, many of us (I hope) send files to the trash bin but we do not empty the trash bin right away.

Instead we wait a couple days or weeks, just to make sure we really don't need the files any more.

It would be helpful to have the ability to assign trash criteria, for example: 'delete items old than 1 week (or 2 months etc..) from the trash'.

If you like the idea, why no support it?

Last but not least, until this idea becomes a reality, here is a method to achieve the same thing using a crontab line.