Windows 10: Cannot delete Font files in Windows 11/10 [Fixed]

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On a Windows computer, we can install different fonts. Many websites offer free fonts you can install on your Windows computers for personal and commercial use. If you do not require a particular font, you can uninstall it from Windows Settings. Alternatively, you can delete that particular font file from its default location. But some […]

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how to delete an in use font on windows 10?

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the description, I understand that you are facing some issues using Windows 10.

I would like to know some information.

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  What is the exact issue that you are facing?
  
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  Do you want to delete the current font?
  

Follow the steps given below.

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  Open Fonts by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Fonts.
  
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  Click the font that you want to uninstall. To select more than one font at a time, press and hold down CTRL while you click each font.
  
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  On the File menu, click Delete.
  

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Some web pages not displaying fonts correctly: at a loss here

Thanks for the link. I think the blogger there is a Sophist being so self assured any of his methods will resolve font issues.

I could not perform most of the tasks mentioned like:

• install the Arial font (no option to install, only copy and delete but you can't delete because it's a protected file)

• delete the FNTCACHE.DAT (didn't do anything)

• rebuild the Font cache and stop the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 service (I don't have this service)

• used the FontRegTool, it did nothing

• Rebuilt the font cache by deleting the files in %windir%ServiceProfilesLocalServiceAppData. nothing changed

I didn't like the registry tweak and I wasn't prepared to jeopardize my system based on the blogger's claims.

 

Some web pages not displaying fonts correctly: at a loss here

For me this works:

Step 1: Run Command Prompt as administrator.

Step 2: Type C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf and press Enter.


Then I get the install option (no longer greyed out)