Table of Contents
- 1 Why can I not delete files from my external hard drive?
- 2 How do I delete backup files from my external hard drive?
- 3 How do I delete backup files from an external hard drive Windows 10?
- 4 How do I delete old backups from my Seagate?
- 5 Why can’t I delete files from my hard drive Mac?
- 6 Why can’t I delete files from my USB on Mac?
Why can I not delete files from my external hard drive?
Your problem is related to file ownership. You will have to change the permissions of the file/folder to be able to delete it. You can do this by right clicking on the file/folder and selecting the Security tab. Once there, you can change the permissions for your account in regards to this file/folder.
How do I delete backup files from my external hard drive?
Click the name of the backup software in the list of programs that appears. Click the “Uninstall” button, then click “OK” to remove the backup software.
How do I delete files from Seagate Backup Drive Mac?
Mac
- Make sure the storage device is connected to and mounted on the computer.
- Select Go > Utilities in the Finder menu bar.
- In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility.
- Select the Seagate drive in the left column.
- Click the Erase tab.
- Choose a format from the drop-down window.
- Enter a name for the volume.
Can I delete old backups from external hard drive?
A: It sounds as if you’re using your external drive only for backups. If so, you can safely delete old backups. With incremental backups, too, the data set will grow larger than the data on your system drive.
How do I delete backup files from an external hard drive Windows 10?
How to Delete Windows image backup in Windows 10?
- Click Start and then select Settings > Update & Security > Backup > Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7) to open the old image backup tool.
- Click on Manage Space.
- In the next screen, click View backups to select any of the image backup files to delete.
How do I delete old backups from my Seagate?
Seagate Dashboard: how to delete old backups
- Click PC Backup on the main page of Seagate Dashboard.
- Click Drop-down menu next to the backup plan you want to delete, then select Delete.
How do I Delete old backups from Seagate Dashboard?
How do I Delete Windows Server backup files?
Solution 1: Delete old backups manually using wbadmin command
- Right click on the Start icon and select Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
- Type wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -keepVersions:3 and press Enter to delete all system state backups, except the three most recent.
Why can’t I delete files from my hard drive Mac?
If you used that HDD with Windows and formatted it with Windows or bought it for a Windows machine, it might be formatted with NTFS, a Windows file system, which Mac OS X can only read, thus you can’t delete files/folders. To be able to write to NTFS formatted volumes, use NTFS-3G (free).
Why can’t I delete files from my USB on Mac?
Mac OS X can only natively read NTFS file systems and cannot write to them so you cannot erase the data off of that disk in Mac OS X. So if you want to erase that file, you need to erase it on your Windows machine.