How do I delete old data on a MotoRazr Maxx cell phone which was formerly on Verizon, and set it up as an extra for someone who uses Alltel? [more inside]
posted by cuddles.mcsnuggy on Aug 21, 2009 - 5 answers

I think I may have made a mess while deleting my website and need some advice! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 31, 2009 - 5 answers

I'mAnIdiotFilter: Any way to "walk back" an rm -rf in OSX? [more inside]
posted by the luke parker fiasco on Mar 18, 2009 - 13 answers

Should I delete my Facebook account? What are my other options? [more inside]
posted by mintchip on Feb 17, 2009 - 33 answers

I can't remove songs from my iPod touch. Please help me before I lose my mind. [more inside]
posted by Fairchild on Dec 29, 2008 - 3 answers

I'd like to know the best way to move a selected group of files & applications to a new laptop, and advice to help ensure that my new Mac doesn't get bunged up with duplicate & improperly deleted files like my old one did, with its inexplicably full hard drive and crammed iTunes & iPhoto folders. This is rather lengthy, geared to the slightly moronic layperson (me), and has 6 sub-questions inside. [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on Dec 24, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I arrange it so that my Firefox history is automatically purged of sites of a certain domain like imdb.com or facebook.com? [more inside]
posted by sittered on Nov 14, 2008 - 7 answers

Help me find and delete hidden files on my Mac! [more inside]
posted by wavejumper on Oct 23, 2008 - 9 answers

I have re-organised my Vista PC to use searches instead of the usual folder hierachy in Explorer to navigate the file system. What I am looking for is a way to right click on a file and delete the containing folder, does anyone know of a registry hack or software which will let me do this?
posted by dazzle on Oct 20, 2008 - 12 answers

I started with XP. Installed vista. Then I could choose between XP and Vista. I'm not using XP any more. Can I just delete the XP partition? [more inside]
posted by gergtreble on Sep 1, 2008 - 7 answers

Mail won't let me delete one particular email! [more inside]
posted by blaneyphoto on Jul 13, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there any way to move or delete a top-level folder in the All Bookmarks folder in Firefox 3? [more inside]
posted by aerotive on Jun 20, 2008 - 2 answers

dumb question: when i delete a song from itunes, where does it go? [more inside]
posted by twistofrhyme on Jun 1, 2008 - 7 answers

How to delete a huge directory on Linux without overloading the system? [more inside]
posted by justkevin on Apr 10, 2008 - 14 answers

How do I recover a deleted Google map? [more inside]
posted by Who_Am_I on Mar 7, 2008 - 13 answers

How do I delete files on one Mac that I am connecting to via Firewire target disk mode? [more inside]
posted by davidinmanhattan on Nov 9, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm designing a webpage that will have a list of items and each item can be deleted. I was thinking to have the delete command be link to a URL that does the delete when called. But then I realized maybe that isn't safe since a spider following links might cause things to be deleted. What is the proper design for this type of thing?
posted by GregX3 on May 22, 2007 - 14 answers

So for some unknown reason (probably I hit enter when I wasn't looking), Windows has decided to plunk down a 'Windows Service Pack Setup' file, update.exe on my external, USB, media HDD. I don't want it there. If it were as simple as right click-delete i wouldn't be here, and neither would the file. [more inside]
posted by baserunner73 on Apr 24, 2007 - 13 answers

My computer is refusing to let me delete a fairly large file. It's an mpeg movie file I downloaded from Limewire (have mercy, MPAA)! Whenever I try to delete the file, I get a message claiming the file is in use by another program, but I don't see any programs running in task manager that would be using this file. The file is in my documents folder. Any thoughts on how this stubborn mpeg can be deleted?
posted by zembla3 on Mar 27, 2007 - 24 answers

How do I recover my Entourage Calendar? -- While importing my Entourage calendar into iCal, my MacBook Pro froze up, and I had to Force Quit both programs. When I restarted Entourage, my entire calendar (appointments, dates, events) was completely blank. Any geniuses out there who can help me recover it?
posted by ruwan on Feb 26, 2007 - 1 answer

dumb itunes question: i need to GET BACK the warning message when i try to delete a playlist in itunes. i keep on doing it accidently lately but i had checked the "don't ask me anymore" checkbox. perhaps i am out of luck but i feel like itunes must have [more inside]
posted by annoyance on Feb 21, 2007 - 4 answers

If I delete a MySpace profile, and wait the stated 48 hours for the account to become inactive, can I grab the username and URL again and set up a new page with the same name? [more inside]
posted by skylar on Jan 17, 2007 - 8 answers

Help me recover a file on my mac! [more inside]
posted by joshuak on Sep 28, 2006 - 7 answers

MysqlFilter: I need someone with mighty mysql-Fu to help me out here. I have a list of items stored in my database (60 or so per user), they get sent to the flash application that I have, then once the user is done with everything, they press "save" (20 to 60 times a day), and it saves the list of items back to the database. I was doing an insert on duplicate update, but this doesnt get rid of the items that may have been deleted. [more inside]
posted by hatsix on Jul 7, 2006 - 10 answers

I accidentally deleted, in-camera, an important and unrepeatable picture. It was written to a sony memory stick pro in a sony cybershot dsc-p150 camera. Any way to retrieve it?
posted by londongeezer on Jun 9, 2006 - 11 answers

I've just copied all my data from an iBook G4 to a Macbook. For some reason, the delete and return keys don't work in Safari and Mail.app on the Macbook. I think I've solved this before but I can't remember how and can't find the answer. [more inside]
posted by Mo Nickels on May 24, 2006 - 4 answers

Does anyone know of a good undelete tool for Mac OS X (10.4.x) that can recover AVI files from an external (FAT32) drive? [more inside]
posted by Chunder on Mar 13, 2006 - 3 answers

I just changed universities and my new IT Department's instructions to enable me to access my new e-mail address (via Outlook 2003) caused me to delete old my old e-mail. Their instructions, which I blindly followed, instructed me to delete the "outlook" profile in Control Panel --> Mail. I did so, and installed their Microsoft Exchange e-mail. I assumed it would just add to my other POP e-mail accounds that were already configured and working in Outlook. I assumed wrong. So now I have none of my old e-mail, or my old contacts anymore. Is there anyway to get this invaluable stuff back? [more inside]
posted by ruwan on Aug 2, 2005 - 3 answers

How do I delete the Google Desktop cache? I can't find it anywhere!
posted by johnnydark on Feb 15, 2005 - 5 answers

How do I wipe every trace of Office from my OS X based Mac? [mi] [more inside]
posted by aladfar on Aug 2, 2004 - 6 answers

datascrubbing: I'm using rm -R */*.gif (for example) to get rid of unnecessary files in a directory. There is stuff that's nested about five directories deep that I can't get to using the above command. I'm using the Bash terminal in OS X. specifically, there is a redundant file called "popup" nested in there that I want to get rid of, among others.

Second related problem: is there a way to recursively delete (full) directories, say ones that end in .blob using wildcards? And would I use rmdir or rm -R to do this?

I'm working on a copy of the original, so its ok to experiment a little
posted by mecran01 on Jul 16, 2004 - 18 answers

FTP help: I have some files on an external server (Apache) that I am unable to delete because "there is no such file or directory". Yet, mysteriously, they remain. [mi] [more inside]
posted by o2b on Apr 30, 2004 - 5 answers