How to delete a desktop shortcut for an application that was deleted

Question

I just uninstalled a steam game and the desktop shortcut that I had for that game has stayed behind and won't let me delete it. It won't even let me rename it or do anything for that matter.
If I try to delete it it says:

"Could not find this item
This is no longer located in C:\Users\myName\OneDrive\Desktop. Verify the item's location and try again"

How do I verify it's location if it doesn't exist?

Answer 1

Hello,

You could try to use command line to delete it:

1. Run Command prompt as Administrator.
2. Jump to your file path with cd <Your shortcut path>
3. delete this file, /f is force command. You can see more parameters if you use "del /?" command.

del <filename> /f

Answer 2

Try opening your OneDrive and delete from there. It might be hung up syncing so every time you delete it from your desktop the OneDrive Sync puts it back.