Well, I just tested it like 5 times with two distros. So, something is amiss. They're your files. Linux should not be telling you that you can't delete them.
I'd not normally suggest this - but try tossing sudo in front of it.
We've now moved from 'dangerous' to 'stupid' mode. However, you've got something wrong if it's telling you that you can't delete files you own. We can deal with that in another thread.
Anyhow, cut and paste that. Make sure you're getting all of it, including the asterisk. That means 'all the files in that directory'.
I'd not normally suggest this - but try tossing sudo in front of it.
Code:
sudo rm -rf Downloads/*
We've now moved from 'dangerous' to 'stupid' mode. However, you've got something wrong if it's telling you that you can't delete files you own. We can deal with that in another thread.
Anyhow, cut and paste that. Make sure you're getting all of it, including the asterisk. That means 'all the files in that directory'.