I've had an undeletable folder on a drive for the last year. None of the methods I found using the command prompt worked. I was surprised and elated the WinRAR archive/delete original worked. Thank you so much! Just saved me a reformat and days of backing up!
@wingsoffreedom71385 ай бұрын
Same bro 😂
@b2Samaritan3 ай бұрын
Worked for me too
@jp99575w2 ай бұрын
I've had 2 folders in my 'C' Drive that would not allow me to delete for some time now, and your 'Command Prompt' worked great. This also allowed me to get back 365mb's of storage. Thanks for all the videos you post, I've learned so much from you. Many thanks!
@10master31Күн бұрын
I moved/copied the important files from local disk to desktop and formatted the disk where the stubborn folders/files were. Now, I am happy.
@mohitmuhal8 ай бұрын
Thankyou Man watched more than 50 videos but your 2nd method worked
@colinrance582311 ай бұрын
I use IObit unlocker if I can't delete a file or folder. It's portable and never failed me yet. That being said these are good alternatives thanks for showing us other ways.
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@muaviabashir125910 ай бұрын
Thanks Bro I was Gabbling Until I Found Your Comments Thank You Very Much
@stawinson27616 ай бұрын
i Was trying to delete folder for an 2hours and nothing work untill i seen your comment, THANK YOU SO MUCH
@glordium1951Ай бұрын
ty
@Ralph25416 күн бұрын
The only option that worked....Thanks man
@Kiran-RaiАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 This Really Worked Flawlessly.
@aeornewscommКүн бұрын
Thank you so much! Extremely helpful!
@_aiborie3 ай бұрын
Taking ownership/changing permissions did the job for me but neat options mentioned here, thank you!
@Paulzpc11 ай бұрын
I have had some folders that I couldn't delete, thank you for this informtion as always, very useful, great video.
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@itisislam5596 ай бұрын
i was suffer in this problem in 2 year today i can solv this to watch your video thnks buddy
@iRawNSАй бұрын
Thanks bro your second method is superb, I can't delete a pdf file last 6-7 month. amazing friend take love from INDIA
@jonesgang11 ай бұрын
Never thought about using winrar so that is something new. I have used the other methods many times. Thanks Brian!!
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@PaulSmith-pl7fo11 ай бұрын
Hi Brian. Yes, very useful. I would have liked that you explained the /s /q switches.
@alonzomonroy8149Ай бұрын
It doesn't work 4 me. It always says that it's open in another program or it needs permission from me, but I don't know how the hell to do that!
@MohammedQusayITАй бұрын
thank you so much the third one worked
@evelynruiz18922 күн бұрын
THAT ARCHIEVE ONE ... GIVES ME SPACE .... THANKS TO YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
@legomaster91908 ай бұрын
Stubborn little bugger my folder was, didn't even bat an eye for the first method. The second one worked perfectly! Hah, a new use for Winrar or similar software! Thanks for the tips!
@g.j.r.22688 ай бұрын
Thanks Brian, Winrar and cmd didnt work, but 7-zip did it. The easiest way for me.
@paulomarqu3s10 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, excellent tut! Second method done it for me.👌
@acerpredator23245 ай бұрын
thanks Bro ....
@djdonbentley21412 күн бұрын
Good info . I need these special commands because I'm working on a special project. I'm taking a enterprise iot ltsc evaluation and attempting to convert It into full. There's a guy on former Twitter who claims it will work by replacing the sku folders with full version ones . The iso evaluation has issues as you know , Defender don't work right , idk . ill let you guys know how it goes, I just don't trust downloading the full ltsc from the shared Sources.
@user-mo7el7zw1p4 ай бұрын
I have no word brother Thankyou so much 💕 I got WinRAR method excellently tnx brother
@drmarkintexas-40011 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing 🤗🏆🙏🇺🇲
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@phamphamphamhanni4 ай бұрын
thanks, man. the winrar method works.
@thanujamarisha81563 ай бұрын
thnaks man you save my Life😁😁👍👍
@gonzosys11 ай бұрын
The winrar tip is a good one for removing long file paths < 256 chars when all else fails
@callfromduty90445 ай бұрын
Thanks man , winRAR method work.
@notvoonch26842 күн бұрын
thank you so so much!
@johngoard827211 ай бұрын
I really liked this video Brian as I am a command prompt fan LOL!! I also liked the other methods but cmd is so easy to do.
@devgaming8677Ай бұрын
Thank you so much 👍😊
@lalman13376 ай бұрын
tank u very much for the winrar metod //sweden
@danila09d7 ай бұрын
Thanks. Number two helped
@InArcadiaSum11 ай бұрын
I had a folder and subfolder which I couldn't delete as W11 told me they didn't exist. Tried all these methods and a couple more. In the end I used 7-Zip, navigated to subfolder, renamed it "xxxx" and then deleted it; then did the same for its parent folder. The folders were all through my backups, so I had to do this for each backup set. Painful!
@classiclizАй бұрын
Thank you ever so much. I used my 7-zip and voila, that terrible file folder was gone.
@anugrahkv3923 ай бұрын
Thank u 2 nd method worked
@jadrankodraganic677711 ай бұрын
Amazing.. After two years plus, after all cmd prompt, God know how many programs who claimed to delete all and everything, finally I managed to delete unholy/undeletable folder with winrar.. Thank you very much!!
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
You are most welcome
@jayrockcontent9 ай бұрын
So you want us to use a program that you just stumbled upon to delete files? Come on dude!
@thevoid67562 ай бұрын
brilliant. thank you. i can finally get rid of all the Adobe crap
@kupwarayouthdevelopment9 ай бұрын
Very Usefull Thanks for this trick
@SuperSnidely7 ай бұрын
Thanks Heaps - The ZIP-Trick did it. Very CLever. Cheers!
@sajal49794 ай бұрын
It works. Thanks
@Marcel-qm5qu4 ай бұрын
thank you so much i had a virus and i deleted the file with it i am so happy thank you for this vid!!
@easylife..98646 ай бұрын
Yaa, it is working. WinRAR. Thanks.
@Catreaction8.20.246 ай бұрын
Thanks you Bro ,3rd on really help me, ❤❤❤
@BalochiTyping5 ай бұрын
thank you
@KelticLad11 ай бұрын
great tips thanks for sharing
@Ranamor6 ай бұрын
Thanks bro it works well
@jonathanpowell72564 ай бұрын
What if the folder you want to delete is on a HI-Res audio player and not on the hard drive?
@Yugo1peneto6 ай бұрын
WinRAR is the way!! many thanks!!
@theurbanfacts1225 ай бұрын
thanks buudy
@chrme1875 ай бұрын
damn it help me the winrar thanks man
@bigboyfunky98053 ай бұрын
super helpful
@matheeshasathsara2715 ай бұрын
thanks
@RockyAllenLane11 ай бұрын
I've tried all 5 of your suggestions plus many others to delete a strangely named file left in an extensive sub-directory scheme left by a program called Handy Backup. Nothing works. I'm now forced to format the drive and if that doesn't work, I'll delete the partition table.
@esphilee11 ай бұрын
I dual boot into Linux and delete it. It even allow me to view into the folder before deleting. I just did that moments ago. I had to remove some file left behind by OneDrive, I unlinked OneDrive Cloud backup, and move all my files from /Username/oneDrive/ to /Usename/. i hate how OneDrive and Xbox keep reviving after each windows update.
@peterschmidt994211 ай бұрын
Yep, they're a PITA.
@rjjeffreys11 ай бұрын
You shoud do a video showing how to take ownership of a file/folder/directory/etc., if you have not already created one on your channel here.
@Majestic-Queen7710 ай бұрын
that desrves a subscribe finally un deleted able folders gone thnxs towin rnr tastic thnxs so much saves me some money repaires xD
@jayarsipsilap90987 ай бұрын
Lol that archive thing worked...might want to actually purchase winrar now ....
@khari8363711 ай бұрын
What’s the difference between deleting user profiles via system properties vs deleting them via file explorer?
@darkspongebob117 ай бұрын
deleteing users from file explorer is a big nono because there is stuff in other areas that wont be removed that way you might even still see the deleted user if you delete just the folder only
@leoaiiola11 ай бұрын
Even works with system 32. Just tested...
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
lol
@seediffusion11 ай бұрын
Enjoy your dead computer 😂
@FOOTHILLS5111 ай бұрын
I have a usb drive 128gb that was set to read only by mini partition tool being interrupted. Nothing i do will let me change it from read only state. Help!!!
@user-px6qf1dq5y10 ай бұрын
thx
@vladrobert208710 ай бұрын
🎉tnx so much
@Amaldevharidas3 ай бұрын
bro your 2nd method worked. but deleted whole file . then how to recover files
@mda500311 ай бұрын
Very often I delete a file but it stays there for several minutes before it disappears and sometimes a folder containing *.exe files won't delete unless I've deleted the files first.
@darkspongebob117 ай бұрын
normally due to windows being dumb which you can press f5 or refresh to fix it faster and some reason if you run a exe it gets stuck in use even after you close it sometimes werid ik
@KaiDoesVA2 ай бұрын
thank you you beautiful beautiful man
@brotherhood759623 күн бұрын
Please help, it keeps saying access is denied
@seediffusion11 ай бұрын
All files are technically undeleteable. The only way to truly delete something is to either overwrite the data with zeros or destroy the device on which it is stored.
@ultralaggerREV111 ай бұрын
Britec, I have a good challenge for you. How to 100% delete Android apps that only allow you to disable them? I have YT Music on my phone set as disabled, but the app's APK still takes up space. How can I 100% wipe the app off my phone?
@kastup_phuyal6 ай бұрын
2nd method is best....................
@hanswi33611 ай бұрын
Nothing works !! 8 months ago I installed one of that crap toolkit stuff you've made a video about. It contains a subfolder called "Mount" with several subsub folders. With different methods I get a message containing "unvalid handle...". I tried it in safe mode, I tried with taking ownership, I tried unlocker - no way!
@othername242811 ай бұрын
Brian what exactly are you saying at the start of every video? What you guys Would you guys Watch you guys Which you guys .....? Its really confusing, and even auto-captions can never make sense of what you're actually saying. Its a very thick accent sometimes 😅🤕
@Cyba_IT11 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure he's saying, "What you guys" which is like the cockney geezer way of saying, "What's up guys" 😁
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
wotcher guys
@wilkas6 ай бұрын
Didn't work with cmd (file not found), but WinRar has worked.
@Sphiinxs8 ай бұрын
all these did was not respond or freeze once i tried them, what the hell!
@darkheaven254 ай бұрын
after doing your first step ,no method is working..
@josiahdatu4949Ай бұрын
winrar did the thing for me
@theeraphatsunthornwit62664 ай бұрын
how windows is built this way... this is way too difficult
@SherwanTahir6 ай бұрын
Supe Shredded
@highscore440Сағат бұрын
none of the worked
@johnsenchak142811 ай бұрын
But law enforcement can still get access to the file
@METALFACEDOOM44110 ай бұрын
I use the winrar method and it still didn't delete the file, sad face
@hanatita41576 ай бұрын
bro... its still here 😠
@ArmonicyilaАй бұрын
WINRAR DIDNT EVEN WORK IM GONNA LOSE MY MIND I FOUND THE VIRUS AND I CANT DELETE IT
@US_Joe11 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
Cheers
@StevenJimmy-iu5ln4 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤😮😮
@QuikRay11 ай бұрын
Just boot to linux and delete that windows file..solved.
@ChrisKhaled8311 ай бұрын
yeah, that works too
@Britec0911 ай бұрын
Yes, you can do that
@peterschmidt994211 ай бұрын
Thats normally my go to method as well. Works 100% of the time.
@-OGalaxyO-7 ай бұрын
How? Is it the safe mode?
@QuikRay7 ай бұрын
@@-OGalaxyO- The only way to fix windows is with Linux.
@-OGalaxyO-7 ай бұрын
I got an error: Remove-Item : The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. At line:1 char:1 + Remove-Item -Recurse -Force C:\ProgramData\LGHUB + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\ProgramData\LGHUB:String) [Remove-Item], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand Any solutions? because I've tried all your methods, but none worked.