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Cannot empty trash folder of folders & sub-folders

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Hi very new to Thunderbird, and I'm having a nightmare getting discarded folders and sub-folders to empty from the Local Folders - Trash folder. I have already tried every solution I have found online, including:

The obvious- right-clicking on each folder and sub-folder in the Trash folder, and selecting delete. After of the confirmation of the choice, nothing happens.

Deleting the trash and trash.msf files in the Mail - Local Folders directory (when TBird is closed) and restarting.

Deleting the foldertree.json and trash.sbd files and restarting.

Deleting the global-messages-db.sqlite file to rebuild the golbal database and retrying everything above.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi very new to Thunderbird, and I'm having a nightmare getting discarded folders and sub-folders to empty from the Local Folders - Trash folder. I have already tried every solution I have found online, including: The obvious- right-clicking on each folder and sub-folder in the Trash folder, and selecting delete. After of the confirmation of the choice, nothing happens. Deleting the trash and trash.msf files in the Mail - Local Folders directory (when TBird is closed) and restarting. Deleting the foldertree.json and trash.sbd files and restarting. Deleting the global-messages-db.sqlite file to rebuild the golbal database and retrying everything above. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Trash.sdb is the folder that will hold the sub folders in the operating system.