Thankfully, if you don't want to wait on it or stress about how to locate it, there are several methods to delete a file in use by another program in Windows 10 and 11 systems. Nearly all of these ...

This tutorial shows you how to permanently or temporarily delete files & folders in Windows using Context Menu, Keyboard shortcuts, CMD, PowerShell, etc.

Deleting files in Windows 10 does not really delete the file. Security best practice requires deleted files to be completely overwritten more than once.

Windows won't let you delete, move, or rename a file if a program is using it. Frustratingly, it also won't tell you which program is using the file so that you can solve the problem.

A simple tweak of the Windows 10 Registry file can eliminate one often overlooked security concern.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to delete the search history in File Explorer (or disable the feature entirely) on Windows 10.

"Temporary" files can get left behind permanently, and big updates to Windows may create many gigabytes of backup files that you never end up using.