Delete an Access file

1. Close the Microsoft Access file.  If you are using an Access database in a multiuser environment, confirm that all users have closed the file.
2. Click Open on the toolbar.
3. In the Open dialog box, locate the Access file you want to delete, and then right-click the file.
4. On the shortcut menu, click Delete.

Notes

• If you want to restore your file, look in the Recycle Bin. Your deleted file will remain in the Recycle Bin until you empty it.
• When you delete an Access file that contains data access pages, you are not deleting the page HTML (.htm) files.
• When you delete an Access project, you are not deleting the Microsoft SQL Server database to which the Access project is connected.
• If you delete an Access database, and another database includes links to objects in that database, use the Linked Table Manager in the other database to update the link information. Otherwise, Access will produce an error when you try to use those linked objects in the other database.

Tip

To delete an Access file from outside Access, close the file, right-click the file in My Computer, and then click Delete on the shortcut menu.