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I am trying to delete a file but Word (android GalaxyNote5) is saying I do not have permission to delete
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Welllp.... that method deleted the files off my phone, but NOT out of the WORD files list. I still get the "... you do not have permission to delete..." message. Rats. Still no solution. 😕
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Your answer to this question is one of the most frustrating answers I think I have ever encountered in any MS forum/support group. Where is the permission determined/chosen? I don't KNOWINGLY save any thing to the cloud or dropbox or to OneDrive. So how do I delete all these docs that I either never wanted to save in the first place or I am done with & want to delete them. This going in circles is just an incredible waste of time. I am almost to the point of deleting word & just using google docs. How do I delete all these docs that pops up to tell me that I who pay for this phone don't have permission to delete docs on it?
Agree 100% with Sue. I get word docs that have arrived via email attachments and these cannot be deleted due to the "permissions" issue.
I've been searching for a solution for months. The forum has not provided a solution. My take is that Microsoft doesn't talk nice to my android tablet. If Microsoft monitors these forums they should help solve this issue involving one of their products.