sudo rm -rf /home/User_Name/.local/share/Trash && mkdir /home/User_Name/.local/share/Trash

sudo apt install trash-cli

sudo trash-empty

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER '/home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files/some_file.txt'

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER '/media/$USER/path to external drive/.Trash-1000/files/sömё fïle thät may have fancy encodings, ſpaces & stu𝖋f.txt'

sudo mc

~/.local/share/Trash/

sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*