You Need Administrator Permission To Delete This Folder is a common problem in Windows 10. This problem is faced by users when they want to delete a folder from their computer. This error confuses many people because they are the administrator of the PC.
Like other glitches in Windows 10, this too has a few fixes. Here are some solutions that you can implement to get rid of admin permissions for folder deletion error.
Here are some ways to solve You Need Administrator Permission To Delete This Folder in Windows 10. Please try one by one from the methods below until you successfully delete the folder.
Change Folder Properties
1. Open the folder location on your computer.
2. Right click on the folder that shows administrator permission required error and select properties.
3. Click on the tab Security which opens and click Edit below Group or user names.
4. Now click Add and in the text field under Enter the names of the objects to select the box, type Everyone.
5. When finished, click Check Names and press OK.
6. In the new window that appears after clicking OK, go to Security > Permissions of Everyone and select the Full control option.
Now all users, whether they are admins, TrustedInstaller, or regular users, will have full control over the folders and can delete them.
Change User Account Control
There are times when taking ownership of a folder in Windows 10 doesn’t solve the problem. The administrator error persists. In this case, use the following method:
1. Open Control Panel and open User Accounts.
2. Select your account and click Change user account control settings.
3. On the Window User Account Control Settings, you will see a Slider with a marker placed on Never Notify Me When I Make Changes to Windows Settings. Slide the slider down to options Never Notify.
4. Now reboot your computer and you can delete the folder asking for admin rights.
Genuine Windows Administrator Account Activation
If the two solutions provided above did not help you to delete the folder, you can try activating the original Administrator account. Here’s how to do it:
1. Open Command Prompt with admin rights.
2. In the Command Prompt window, enter the following command:
net user administrator /active: yes
3. Enter the following command and tap Enter.
net user administrator “Password
4. Now reboot your computer. Login through the original administrator account and delete the folder.
Boot into Safe Mode
If none of the solutions work for you, you can boot into Windows Safe Mode and delete the folder. Here’s how you can do it:
1. Click button Start and select Settings from the left panel of the menu
2. Click Updates & Security.
3. Now click on option Recovery in the left pane of Windows
4. Click button Restart Now under Advanced Startup options
5. After your computer reboots, press F4 to enter Safe Mode.
When you see desktop with black background, you are already in Safe Mode. Please delete the folder.
System File Checker
This is the conventional way of fixing admin errors when deleting a folder, but it works especially if the folder has inherited permissions from an installed app or a folder that comes from a different system.
1. Open Command Prompt with admin rights.
2. Enter the following command
SFC /scannow
3. Once the scan is complete, reboot your computer
4. After rebooting, delete the folder.
Take control via the Custom.BAT file
You can force control the problematic folder by creating a special .bat file. This is how you do it.
1. Open File Explorer and navigate to the folder you are trying to delete.
2. Rename the folder to Locked Directory.
3. Move the folder to drive C so it doesn’t nest under another folder.
4. Create the following text file (using Notepad) in the root of drive C.
Enter the following command in the file and save it with the BAT file extension. Name this file with del_directory.bat.
SET DIRECTORY_NAME=”C:\Locked_Directory”
TAKEDOWN /f %DIRECTORY_NAME% /r /dy
ICACLS %DIRECTORY_NAME% /grant administrators:F /t
PAUSE
Run the file with admin rights and it will delete the folder.
Red Thread | Apart from the above methods, there are millions of third-party tools that can help you in reclaiming access to system folders. You can try using it but only as a last resort. You should also be careful when deleting folders that Windows 10 prevents you from deleting as they may be important for the system.
