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I am actually using Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I kept the larger files in a .(dot)folder in administrator directory and my total disk space is filled.

I previously got the information that I have low disk space. Even though the desktop is blank and each and every time when I login in administrator it will give blank desktop it doesn't show any folder or applications.

But I can easily login into guest session, so how can I delete those administrator files to make free space by using guest session or some thing else?

pa4080
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chandrakanth BASAR
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If the free space is the problem, you can pres Ctrl+Alt+F1 to open tty1. Then log-in with the administrator's account and remove the unnecessary files by the command line. In the article Guide to Unix/Commands/File System Utilities are listed the basics about the commands cd, ls, rm, rmdir, etc.

Alternatively you could try to install Midnight Commander (I hope there is a little free space left) that will display the file system in a more familiar way:

sudo apt install mc

Then run it by the command mc. The key F8 is the Delete key, but be careful! F5 is for Copy. Use Tab ↹ to switch between the left and the right side. F10 is for Quit. For more commands see the bottom line of the image below or press F1 for Help.

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Please read also this answer. There are provided few useful hints for beginners. I think you are just experiencing the problem with the wrong ownership described there.

pa4080
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You don't see your .folder on the desktop because files whose name begins with a '.' are hidden. Login to the user who owns .folder, open a terminal and there do a ls ~/Desktop/.folder to see it and clean it up.

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