# \[X\] Windows 10: cannot delete files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [September 16, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238 "2015-09-16T15:06:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@rudy111](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rudy111)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238/1 "2015-09-16T15:06:46Z")
Hello;
Have Win. 10, now I cannot delete files: a deleted file apears again when reload the same folder. And also I cannot append a cover-image as a tag.
Has someone a solution?
Many thanks & regards, Rudy
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238/2 "2015-09-16T15:10:00Z")
Check the ownership of the music folder:
It should be the same as the user-id that uses MP3tag.
It is not enough to be Administrator.
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### Author:  [@rudy111](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rudy111)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238/3 "2015-09-17T12:57:55Z")
Hello Ohrenkino;
Thank you for your suggestion, but it won't work: when i choose richt mouse button -\> delete: file is removed from mp3tag-screen but not acually deleted.
When i choos richt mouse button -\> delete... (with 3 dashes) then the file is actually deleted, from screen & folder. However, there is no submenu.
So it seems to me that the action 'Delete' has not the same action as the keyboard-button 'Del'.
Is this the right purpose of this configuration?
Reg., Rudy
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238/4 "2015-09-17T13:10:02Z")
> [@rudy111](#):
>
> Hello Ohrenkino;
>
> Thank you for your suggestion, but it won't work: when i choose richt mouse button -\> delete: file is removed from mp3tag-screen but not acually deleted.
> When i choos richt mouse button -\> delete... (with 3 dashes) then the file is actually deleted, from screen & folder. However, there is no submenu.
> So it seems to me that the action 'Delete' has not the same action as the keyboard-button 'Del'.
> Is this the right purpose of this configuration?
>
> Reg., Rudy
Yes, everything is fine.
To delete files permanently with the help of MP3tag, you have to press Ctrl-Del.
The simple "del" that removes a file only from list but not from the file system can help to create a playlist ... (example).
That you do not get a dialogue box in spite of the 3 dots is owed to a new behaviour by W8 and W10 that apparently do not report back, but simply delete. With W XP and W7, you still got a dialogue box.
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### Author:  [@rudy111](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rudy111)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238/5 "2015-09-18T06:18:55Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Yes, everything is fine.
> To delete files permanently with the help of MP3tag, you have to press Ctrl-Del.
>
> The simple "del" that removes a file only from list but not from the file system can help to create a playlist ... (example).
>
> That you do not get a dialogue box in spite of the 3 dots is owed to a new behaviour by W8 and W10 that apparently do not report back, but simply delete. With W XP and W7, you still got a dialogue box.
Ohrenkino, thank you again for your support!
Regards, Rudy
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-windows-10-cannot-delete-files/17238/6 "2018-12-28T14:37:21Z")
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