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IDG macOS prompts you when you try to delete items using Option plus Finder > Empty Trash. But if macOS thinks a file is in use by an application or the system, even that bypass doesn’t help.

Then I typed "fsutil reparsepoint delete <file name>" (without the quotes) then hit enter. I was then able to go back to the file and delete it normally. Not open for further replies.