LetGoFileLetGoFile
WINWORD.EXE · EXCEL.EXE · POWERPNT.EXE

When WINWORD.EXE · EXCEL.EXE · POWERPNT.EXE is holding your file

Try this before you force the program to quit. This way you keep unsaved work.

How to release it without ending the program

Closing the document window is not enough while the program itself is still running — it keeps holding the file. Quit the program completely. If a temporary file starting with '~$' is left in the same folder, delete that too.

If that still does not work

  1. Close the program and delete
  2. Unlock and delete
  3. Move to Recycle Bin
  4. Delete after restart
Download LetGoFile.exe LetGoFile.zip See how it works

Get LetGoFile and drop the file on it — it names what is holding the file, PID and all.