How to delete a file being used by another program Here are some practical ways to dodge the pop-up and delete files that are in use by a program on your Windows PC.

When you can't open, edit, or delete a file in Windows File Explorer, the file is still open in a program running in the ...

Learn how to delete files older than X days (say 7, 10, 30, etc. days) automatically using Storage Sense or ForFiles command line in Windows 11/10.

Wondering what really happens when you delete a file on Windows? Learn how deletion works, where files go, and if you can recover them.

Sdelete, short for Secure Delete, is a powerful but little-known tool from Microsoft's Sysinternals suite that permanently wipes files and folders by overwriting data.