Finder asks for password to move file to trash Recently, the Finder has asked me for a password whenever I move a file to the trash.  I get the message, &quot;Finder wants to move 'filename' to the trash.  Enter your password to allow this&quot;.  I checked permissions on ~/.Trash, and it belongs to me/staff with drwx------ permissions, as expected.  This happens with any file I try to delete, and I have full permissions on the files I'm deleting.  When I enter the password, the file is moved to the trash (and not immediately deleted) as normal.
This is on Mojave 10.14.6, and it started happening after I installed security update 2021-003 (though I don't remember if it started happening immediately after that).
Note that I can move files to the trash from a command line.  mv blah.txt ~\.Trash works just fine (no sudo needed).  It's only when I drag a file to the trash that I have problems.
Ah, I found the answer elsewhere among many suggestions for fixing trash issues: just delete the .Trash folder.  I ran sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash and restarted.  The .Trash folder was recreated, and now it seems to work just fine.  Odd.  I'm glad it's fixed, but I wish I knew why the fix worked.