Can't delete folder?

[Paradoxicated]

Hello Everyone. As you may know I am having trouble with getting Flash to work on my Xubuntu 12.04 Google Chrome. I have googled and found a solution, but it requires deleting the PepperFlash folder under chrome. But when I right-click the PepperFlash folder, delete is grayed out.
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After doing more googling, I ended up putting this in the Terminal:

chown $USER -R /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash

but the terminal said:

user@ubuntu:~$ chown $USER -R /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlashchown: changing ownership of `/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/manifest.json': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash': Operation not permitted
user@ubuntu:~$

Please help! My goal is to delete the PepperFlash folder. By the way, in the PepperFlash folder's properties, it says it's owner is root.

- Paradoxicated

[MidnightGrey]

try

 sudo rm -rf /opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash

while chrome is not running.

edit:
you cannot delete it because the folder is root. root trumps user. you also cannot chown it because it is root (again root trumps user).
to remove it you need to do it as root.
sudo (or super user do) means "do this command as root user"

[Impavidus]

You need sudo to delete files owned by root. Open a terminal and start the file manager with

gksu thunar

Then do whatever you need to do and close the file manager as soon as you're done, as leaving file managers with root permission open is rather dangerous.

[snowpine]

Never delete system folders owned by root!
You should uninstall properly using the Software Manager.

Generally speaking, I advise against googling and following random how-to's from some guy's blog. Always follow the official Ubuntu documentation and use trusted tools such as the Software Center.

[MidnightGrey]

Never delete system folders owned by root!
You should uninstall properly using the Software Manager.

Generally speaking, I advise against googling and following random how-to's from some guy's blog. Always follow the official Ubuntu documentation and use trusted tools such as the Software Center.

well in this case, deleting pepper flash seems relatively safe (and isolated)

[Paradoxicated]

So I'm gonna do what post #3 said.

Thanks for everyone's help, I'll update in a sec.

[Paradoxicated]

I deleted it (by using post #3), but Chrome still has the "Could not load shockwave flash" message.

Help anyone?

[MidnightGrey]

reinstall chrome.

[Paradoxicated]

I reinstalled. Flash still didn't work. I deleted PepperFlash. Still doesn't work.