How to delete unmovable Files from Windows?

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How to delete unmovable Files from Windows?

Prerequisite:

  1. A basic idea about using the command line in windows

Hello Friends, In this blog we are looking into how to delete unmovable files from windows. First, we will see the solution then will explain why this is happening.

Solution :

Step 1: Open your command prompt by pressing CRL + R and typing cmd in it.

Run window

Step 2: Then you need to type the following command which will navigate you to your desktop.

cd /d C:\Users\your_Pc_Name\Desktop
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Step 3: Once you did that you need to list the folders in the desktop by dir command which shown below.

dir /x
Command prompt

Step 4: Here goes the last step type the command to delete the file from the PC.

del /q /s Filename 
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Step 5:  If you don’t see the file getting removed, I would recommend you to restart the system. it will reflect in your PC once you restart.


Alternatives

rmdir /q/s Filename

What’s the cause?

File error is the main reason for this to happen, can be multiple scenarios, for example trying to copy from once the source and canceling or system not responding in between which create a ghost object, where the actual path doesn’t exist anymore. All of such scenarios can be handled well in the command line.

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Final Verdict:

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