Can’t Delete a File No Matter What? Here’s the Fix

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Follow below simple steps:

  1. On your keyboard press Shift then right click on the target file. In the right click list of options select Copy as path.

  2. Open a Command Prompt window (in Windows search: CMD and then press enter).

  3. In command prompt type: del \\?\ and then Ctrl+V (or right-click to paste the copied path) – the result should look something like this: del \\?\”C:\Users\myusername\Downloads\ExampleFileName~1.xlsx

  4. Press Enter to delete the file.

Check the location where file was. The file should now be deleted.

That’s it!