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It’s always better to include the complete path to the file or folder when deleting. (In the above example, the Office Docs folder along with all the sub-folders and files will be deleted.)

Type the following command to delete the item:.

Open a Command Prompt window ( cmd.exe).

Select Copy as Path in the context menu.

Press and hold the Shift key and right click on the file or folder.

Method 1: Delete the file or folder from Command Prompt If the file or folder appears even after refreshing the screen, then try one of these methods to delete the file or folder. This is to check if the file or folder really exists, or if it has been already deleted by some program and only the ghost icon appears.

Advanced Methods Fix “Could Not Find This Item” When Deletingįirst, make sure you refresh the screen by pressing the F5 key.

Dealing with File/Folder Names ending with DOT or Space.

Delete the file or folder from Command Prompt Using SFN.

Delete the file or folder from Command Prompt.