Who's using my file that's in the trash?!

[sjtaylor84]

Hi everyone,

I am familiar with the error when emptying the trash that a file cannot be deleted because it is in use and 9 times out of 10 I just have to close a program in the dock and it deletes it fine. The problem is if I still get this error without any apps open on the dock is there a way of finding out what is using the file I want to delete? I'd rather not force a delete in case I cause problems.

All the best
Simon

 

[RiDE]

Open the Activity Monitor...

Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor....

Select the file in the Activity Monitor that is causing the "in Use" error... and force quit.

You can also remove the file with a Terminal Command... Let us know if you'd like that.

 

[sjtaylor84]

Thank you!

 

[RiDE]

Glad it helped.