Easy Steps to Fix “Cannot Delete” File or “Access Denied” When Deleting File / Folder in Windows PC

As a Windows Pc user, you may have come across an annoying error "Cannot Delete a File" or "Access Denied" when trying to delete a file or folder.

It happens when the file permission has been modified by some program. The most common reason for this error is that you do not have ownership right to delete the file/folder.

In this short article, i will show you how to take the ownership of the file/folder and then delete it without encountering "Cannot Delete" or "Access Denied" errors.

To do this we will use a third party freeware tool named TakeOwnershipPro. Although, we can access the ownership of the file/folder without any third party tool, but its a long process.

TakeOwnershipPro is a tool that helps you take ownership and gives you full permission of your desired file/folder in your windows. Its a fast process, simply drag and drop your file/folder to the program and you will gain full access.

Follow this steps to gain access of a file/folder
1 Download and install TakeOwnershipPro freeware tool
2 Open the tool and drag the file you want to take ownership of to the tool window
3 Click the Take Ownership button and gbamm its done. you can now delete the file/folder without getting the error.

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