diff --git a/rtgui/filebrowser.cc b/rtgui/filebrowser.cc
index 26f0d5cd6..661b6051a 100644
--- a/rtgui/filebrowser.cc
+++ b/rtgui/filebrowser.cc
@@ -547,13 +547,13 @@ void FileBrowser::rightClicked ()
         untrash->set_sensitive (false);
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < selected.size(); i++)
-            if ((static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(selected[i]))->thumbnail->getStage()) {
+            if ((static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(selected[i]))->thumbnail->getTrashed()) {
                 untrash->set_sensitive (true);
                 break;
             }
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < selected.size(); i++)
-            if (!(static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(selected[i]))->thumbnail->getStage()) {
+            if (!(static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(selected[i]))->thumbnail->getTrashed()) {
                 trash->set_sensitive (true);
                 break;
             }
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ void FileBrowser::addEntry_ (FileBrowserEntry* entry)
     entry->addButtonSet(new FileThumbnailButtonSet(entry));
     entry->getThumbButtonSet()->setRank(entry->thumbnail->getRank());
     entry->getThumbButtonSet()->setColorLabel(entry->thumbnail->getColorLabel());
-    entry->getThumbButtonSet()->setInTrash(entry->thumbnail->getStage());
+    entry->getThumbButtonSet()->setInTrash(entry->thumbnail->getTrashed());
     entry->getThumbButtonSet()->setButtonListener(this);
     entry->resize(getThumbnailHeight());
     entry->filtered = !checkFilter(entry);
@@ -1023,12 +1023,12 @@ void FileBrowser::menuItemActivated (Gtk::MenuItem* m)
             const auto thumbnail = mselected[i]->thumbnail;
             const auto rank = thumbnail->getRank();
             const auto colorLabel = thumbnail->getColorLabel();
-            const auto stage = thumbnail->getStage();
+            const auto stage = thumbnail->getTrashed();
 
             thumbnail->createProcParamsForUpdate (false, true);
             thumbnail->setRank(rank);
             thumbnail->setColorLabel(colorLabel);
-            thumbnail->setStage(stage);
+            thumbnail->setTrashed(stage);
 
             // Empty run to update the thumb
             rtengine::procparams::ProcParams params = thumbnail->getProcParams ();
@@ -1558,8 +1558,8 @@ bool FileBrowser::checkFilter (ThumbBrowserEntryBase* entryb) const   // true ->
             ((entry->thumbnail->isRecentlySaved() && filter.showRecentlySaved[0]) && !filter.showRecentlySaved[1]) ||
             ((!entry->thumbnail->isRecentlySaved() && filter.showRecentlySaved[1]) && !filter.showRecentlySaved[0]) ||
 
-            (entry->thumbnail->getStage() && !filter.showTrash) ||
-            (!entry->thumbnail->getStage() && !filter.showNotTrash)) {
+            (entry->thumbnail->getTrashed() && !filter.showTrash) ||
+            (!entry->thumbnail->getTrashed() && !filter.showNotTrash)) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -1625,11 +1625,11 @@ void FileBrowser::toTrashRequested (std::vector<FileBrowserEntry*> tbe)
 
         // no need to notify listeners as item goes to trash, likely to be deleted
 
-        if (tbe[i]->thumbnail->getStage()) {
+        if (tbe[i]->thumbnail->getTrashed()) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        tbe[i]->thumbnail->setStage (true);
+        tbe[i]->thumbnail->setTrashed (true);
 
         if (tbe[i]->getThumbButtonSet()) {
             tbe[i]->getThumbButtonSet()->setRank (tbe[i]->thumbnail->getRank());
@@ -1649,11 +1649,11 @@ void FileBrowser::fromTrashRequested (std::vector<FileBrowserEntry*> tbe)
     for (size_t i = 0; i < tbe.size(); i++) {
         // if thumbnail was marked inTrash=true then param file must be there, no need to run customprofilebuilder
 
-        if (!tbe[i]->thumbnail->getStage()) {
+        if (!tbe[i]->thumbnail->getTrashed()) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        tbe[i]->thumbnail->setStage (false);
+        tbe[i]->thumbnail->setTrashed (false);
 
         if (tbe[i]->getThumbButtonSet()) {
             tbe[i]->getThumbButtonSet()->setRank (tbe[i]->thumbnail->getRank());
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ void FileBrowser::buttonPressed (LWButton* button, int actionCode, void* actionD
         FileBrowserEntry* entry = static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(actionData);
         tbe.push_back (entry);
 
-        if (!entry->thumbnail->getStage()) {
+        if (!entry->thumbnail->getTrashed()) {
             toTrashRequested (tbe);
         } else {
             fromTrashRequested (tbe);
diff --git a/rtgui/filecatalog.cc b/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
index 69b9e6dc9..8c5a70628 100644
--- a/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
+++ b/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ void FileCatalog::emptyTrash ()
     std::vector<FileBrowserEntry*> toDel;
 
     for (const auto entry : t) {
-        if ((static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(entry))->thumbnail->getStage() == 1) {
+        if ((static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(entry))->thumbnail->getTrashed()) {
             toDel.push_back(static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(entry));
         }
     }
@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ bool FileCatalog::trashIsEmpty ()
     const auto& t = fileBrowser->getEntries();
 
     for (const auto entry : t) {
-        if ((static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(entry))->thumbnail->getStage() == 1) {
+        if ((static_cast<FileBrowserEntry*>(entry))->thumbnail->getTrashed()) {
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/rtgui/thumbnail.cc b/rtgui/thumbnail.cc
index 266dbacd3..0d413e6a4 100644
--- a/rtgui/thumbnail.cc
+++ b/rtgui/thumbnail.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Thumbnail::Thumbnail(CacheManager* cm, const Glib::ustring& fname, CacheImageDat
         // TODO? should we call notifylisterners_procParamsChanged here?
 
         setRank(cfs.rankOld);
-        setStage(cfs.inTrashOld);
+        setTrashed(cfs.inTrashOld);
     }
 
     delete tpp;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ void Thumbnail::clearProcParams (int whoClearedIt)
         // preserve rank, colorlabel and inTrash across clear
         int rank = getRank();
         int colorlabel = getColorLabel();
-        int inTrash = getStage();
+        int inTrash = getTrashed();
 
 
         cfs.recentlySaved = false;
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void Thumbnail::clearProcParams (int whoClearedIt)
         setRank(rank);
         pparamsValid = cfs.rating != rank;
         setColorLabel(colorlabel);
-        setStage(inTrash);
+        setTrashed(inTrash);
 
         // params could get validated by rank/inTrash values restored above
         if (pparamsValid) {
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ void Thumbnail::setProcParams (const ProcParams& pp, ParamsEdited* pe, int whoCh
         // do not update rank, colorlabel and inTrash
         const int rank = getRank();
         const int colorlabel = getColorLabel();
-        const int inTrash = getStage();
+        const int inTrash = getTrashed();
 
         if (pe) {
             pe->combine(*pparams, pp, true);
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ void Thumbnail::setProcParams (const ProcParams& pp, ParamsEdited* pe, int whoCh
 
         setRank(rank);
         setColorLabel(colorlabel);
-        setStage(inTrash);
+        setTrashed(inTrash);
 
         if (updateCacheNow) {
             updateCache();
@@ -1115,15 +1115,15 @@ void Thumbnail::setColorLabel  (int colorlabel)
     }
 }
 
-int Thumbnail::getStage () const
+bool Thumbnail::getTrashed () const
 {
     return pparams->inTrash;
 }
 
-void Thumbnail::setStage (bool stage)
+void Thumbnail::setTrashed (bool trashed)
 {
-    if (pparams->inTrash != stage) {
-        pparams->inTrash = stage;
+    if (pparams->inTrash != trashed) {
+        pparams->inTrash = trashed;
         pparamsValid = true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/rtgui/thumbnail.h b/rtgui/thumbnail.h
index 82c4f4738..64014b0e8 100644
--- a/rtgui/thumbnail.h
+++ b/rtgui/thumbnail.h
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ public:
     int             getColorLabel  () const;
     void            setColorLabel  (int colorlabel);
 
-    int             getStage () const;
-    void            setStage (bool stage);
+    bool            getTrashed () const;
+    void            setTrashed (bool trashed);
 
     void            addThumbnailListener (ThumbnailListener* tnl);
     void            removeThumbnailListener (ThumbnailListener* tnl);