# Can not remove the folders

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/can-not-remove-the-folders/7896>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Created:** [January 23, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/can-not-remove-the-folders/7896 "2017-01-23T07:52:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tflidd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tflidd)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/can-not-remove-the-folders/7896/2 "2017-01-24T15:21:23Z")

</div>

This didn’t help you?

> [@File is locked - how to unlock](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/file-is-locked-how-to-unlock/1883):
>
> You can’t access files because they are locked and you find such errors in your logfile: {"reqId":"0DijSqEkfOg2iyh9VD8J","remoteAddr":"xx.xx.xx.xx","app":"webdav","message":"Exception: {\"Message\":\"HTTP\\\/1.1 423 \\\"path\\\/file.extension\\\" is locked\",\"Exception\":\"OCA\\\\DAV\\\\Connector\\\\Sabre\\\\Exception\\\\FileLocked\",\"Code\":0,\"Trace\":\"#0 Manually disable locking state: put Nextcloud in maintenance mode: edit config/config.php and change this line: 'maintenance' =\> tr…

---

_[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/can-not-remove-the-folders/7896)._