Thankfully, if you don't want to wait on it or stress about how to locate it, there are several methods to delete a file in use by another program in Windows 10 and 11 systems. Nearly all of these ...

On a PC 1. With your Excel spreadsheet open, click on the "File" tab, then click on "Info." 2. Click on the box labeled "Protect Workbook" to open a drop-down menu.