How to force delete a file in Windows 10?

Q. I tried to delete a file I don’t want, and it takes forever to delete. And when ever I tried to cancel it, it takes a long time canceling it too.

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*Original title: How do I force delete an file on windows 10*

Answer.

I use Powershell.
Give it a try and see if it works for you.
Go to search and type Powershell and then right click it and select run as administrator.
Command i use to remove a file say from my documents folder is this..

Remove-Item –path c:\users\sarah\documents\myfile.txt – force

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