Locked PDF file wont delete!

[afornander]

i was burning some documents for somebody i know because there CD drive correctly. she gave me all of the files on a thumb drive, and one of them was a locked PDF file, i dragged all of the docs to my desktop, burned them to a CD, then deleted them all, but the locked PDF just gives me an error. how can i unlock it/ delete it?

 

[beatsme]

i was burning some documents for somebody i know because there CD drive correctly. she gave me all of the files on a thumb drive, and one of them was a locked PDF file, i dragged all of the docs to my desktop, burned them to a CD, then deleted them all, but the locked PDF just gives me an error. how can i unlock it/ delete it?

do a get info on it, and just unclick the box next to the word "Locked." Can't delete a locked file...

 

[theBB]

Can you right click on the document, select "Get Info"? There could be a little square that says locked. Maybe unchecking that square could help.

 

[afornander]

that worked, thanks guys

 

[Krapmeister]

That still won't work for me..

I have the same problem with being unable to delete a locked PDF.

When I do a "get info" the "Locked" checkbox is greyed out. All the R/W permissions are set to read only, and if I try to change them they just revert back to read only.

I am logged in as an admin..

Any suggestions??

 

[stevescat]

Hold down option key when emptying trash.

 

[Krapmeister]

Hold down option key when emptying trash.

stevescat, thanks for the suggestion, but I can't get the file to the trash because it is locked... and none of the solutions above have unlocked it for me.