This is an old revision of the document!

Delete Permissions and ACLs from a Folder Recursively

This can be used to delete user profiles that are created with complex ACLs.

Take ownership as the logged in user, usually as an administrator:

takeown /F <foldername> /R /D y

Reset the ACLs:

icacls <foldername> /T /C /Q /RESET

Delete Files

If you can't delete a file, often getting the error:

Error 0x80070780 The file cannot be accessed by the system.

Try this:

Remove attributes using Windows Explorer → Right-Click the File → Properties
In PowerShell, use the command Remove-Item <filename>