Erasing Pesky Files

[Qion]

Hey guys- I've got two files I downloaded, and it ends up that they are "locked". Great, eh? I really want to get these things off of my desktop and into my trash, but OSX won't let me do it. Because they are locked, I can't even move them from the desktop. How do I get rid of these things?

 

[The Ghost]

See if this link helps.

 

[bobw]

Open the Terminal Application (in Utilities folder) and type:

cd ~/.Trash
<hit return>

sudo rm -rf

put a space after the f and drag the item you want deleted to the terminal so that its path is automatically entered, then press return

give it your admin password and hit return

 

[Qion]

Great! Thanks Bob. Glad to get those eye sores off of here.

 

[riccbhard]

Glad you got them gone. I've had this issue before. That's nothing, today I was thinking I was so stupid because I accidently deleted the calculator app. ElDiablo helped me there.

Thread:
http://macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63559