How to delete locked file

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I want to force delete the locked file(which is open). But the --ignore-errors flag don't seemed to work.

rclone delete  --ignore-errors remote:/dir/Book.xlsx

A log from the command

2022/03/08 20:30:38 ERROR : Book.xlsx: Couldn't delete: notAllowed: resourceLocked: The resource you are attempting to access is locked
2022/03/08 20:30:38 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 3 errors and: failed to delete 1 files
2022/03/08 20:30:39 ERROR : Book.xlsx: Couldn't delete: notAllowed: resourceLocked: The resource you are attempting to access is locked
2022/03/08 20:30:39 ERROR : Attempt 2/3 failed with 3 errors and: failed to delete 1 files
2022/03/08 20:30:40 ERROR : Book.xlsx: Couldn't delete: notAllowed: resourceLocked: The resource you are attempting to access is locked
2022/03/08 20:30:40 ERROR : Attempt 3/3 failed with 3 errors and: failed to delete 1 files
2022/03/08 20:30:40 Failed to delete with 3 errors: last error was: failed to delete 1 files
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hello and welcome to the forum,

rclone cannot delete an in-use, open, or locked file

same would apply to windows explorer and the del from command line.

on windows, a tool i have used is https://www.iobit.com/en/iobit-unlocker.php
but even then, such tools do not always work.

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Thank you for the help. Forgot to mention that that the remote is onedrive.
Then what kind of errors covered with --ignore-errors?

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imho, not a rclone issue.
rclone cannot delete a lock file.
onedrive has lock the file, not rclone.
rclone is printing out the response it got from onedrive.

i would make sure that the .xlsx file is not opened/in-use by something, such as the web interface of onedrive.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61554807/microsoft-update-driveitem-api-throwing-locked-exception-if-the-file-is-open-in

https://community.plumsail.com/t/teams-delivery-failed/11640

but at this point, when you posted, there was a template of questions, now is the time to post the answers to ALL of them.

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I know for sure that it's open by some user. Probably will try to use onedrive api for it.

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