Fix: You Need Administrator Permission to Delete Folder

“You need administrator permission to delete this folder” error notification appears on your screen due to the security and privacy features in Windows 10. Few actions require users to provide administrator permission. These actions are: copying, deleting, renaming files, and changing settings. In this article, we have mentioned five possible ways to fix this issue.

Take ownership of the Folder

It is one of the straightforward methods to fix this issue. Several users reported that they had fixed “you need administrator permission to delete the folder” by taking ownership of the Folder.

1. Locate and right-tap on the Folder that you wish to delete and then select “Properties.”
2. Click the “Security” button and select the “Advanced” option.
3. Select “Change” and then select the “Advanced” option.
4. In the “group page or select user,” tap the “Advanced” button to check which account is available.
5. Select “Find Now” and then click the user to transfer ownership of the file.
6. Right-tap on the folder, and then select “Properties.”
7. Move to the “Security” and then select “Advanced.”
8. In the Permission option, select “Add” and click on “Principal” to add your accounts.
9. Tap on the “Advanced button” and then select the “Find Now” option to view entire accounts whose permission is approved.
10. Now find your account in the list and select “OK” to save your changes.

Turn off User Account Control

 If you have ownership of any folder, but you cannot delete them, then you need to disable User Account Control because sometimes it may block permission.

1. In the search field type “UAC” and then tap “Enter” to open the change User Account Control settings on your screen.
2. Move the slider to “Never Notify” in the settings that appear at the bottom.
3. Now restart your PC, and check for improvements.

Activate In-built Administrator Account

If the above troubleshooting has not fixed your issue, you need to turn on an in-built administrator account to fix this issue.

1. In the search field type “CMD” and then right-tap on “Run as Administrator.”
2. In the Command Prompt you need to enter the given command:
3. net user administrator /active: yes
4. Now again, you need to type the given command:
5. net user administrator <Password>
6.  And then tap the “Enter” button; here you need to enter a password that you wish to set with your administrator account.

Run SFC

System File checker is an in-built tool that you can use to find and repair corrupted files. It can locate corrupted or missing data in the system and remove automatically that caused issue.

 Here are the steps to follow:

1. Tap on “Start,” in the search field type “cmd,” and tap the Enter button on your keyboard.
2. Right-tap on the command prompt and then click “Run as Administrator.”
3. In the Run command-line type “sfc/scanow” and wait until the scanning process is finished.
4. Now restart your PC and check for improvement.

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