Delete Zone.Identifier files in WSL

TL;DR: Run the following code snippet in the WSL command line from the directory where the Zone.Identifier files are located.
find . -name "*:Zone.Identifier" -type f -delete
I use a Windows laptop and rely on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) for my daily work as a software engineer.
One day, I needed to download some design resources from Figma. These resources were initially saved in Windows’ Downloads directory, so I had to cut and paste them into my project directory in WSL.
However, some unexpected files with the Zone.Identifier
suffix were also pasted.
# Expectationmy-project/ ├── icon-1.svg └── icon-2.png
# Realitymy-project/ ├── icon-1.svg ├── icon-1.svg:Zone.Identifier ├── icon-2.png └── icon-2.png:Zone.Identifier
If you encounter the same situation, follow these steps:
- Open the WSL directory where you pasted the files
- Press
Shift
+ right-click - Choose
Open Linux shell here
- Run the command mentioned right after TL;DR above
After completing these steps, the Zone.Identifier
files should be removed from the directory.