Title: deleting file
Last modified: October 25, 2017

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# deleting file

 *  Resolved [hhurst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hhurst/)
 * (@hhurst)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-file/)
 * When trying to delete a file that WF is reporting to me, I am getting this message:
 * Could not delete file wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/media/moxieplayer.swf. The
   error was: unlink(/home/content/p3pnexwpnas06_data03/20/2929320/html/wp-includes/
   js/tinymce/plugins/media/moxieplayer.swf): Permission denied

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 *  [wfyann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfyann/)
 * (@wfyann)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-file/#post-9623618)
 * Hi [@hhurst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hhurst/),
 * It seems the user the web server runs as doesn’t have sufficient rights to delete
   that file.
 * According to the [WordPress GitHub repository](https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/tree/master/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/media)
   the file isn’t part of the current version standard package –it seems to be [a remnant of previous WordPress versions](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/4.7/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/media).
 * At this stage I suggest you log into your host via ssh, FTP or through cPanel
   in order to delete the file.
 * I also recommend you get in touch with your hosting provider so they can help
   you investigate the presence of that file on the server.

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 * Last reply from: [wfyann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfyann/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-file/#post-9623618)
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