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  • The force flag wasn't required on Fedora 36 for removal, rm -r was enough. Used on two internal HDDs. \ I haven't yet confirmed if creating the file .Trash-1000 prevents the folder with a same name from being created. Commented Jun 22, 2022 at 8:42
  • It does work, this should be the accepted answer. Nautilus is also smart enough to warn me that files will be permanently deleted when I use regular Del without Shift if .Trash-1000 already exists as a file. You cannot have a file and directory with the same so it would have to delete the file to create it, which it doesn't seem to. Commented Jul 10, 2022 at 11:17