# What's this file, and how do I get rid of it? (OS X)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 13, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-file-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it-os-x/681220 "2014-02-13T04:15:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-file-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it-os-x/681220/1 "2014-02-13T04:15:26Z")

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There’s an icon on my desktop called 8E02A700. It looks like an Excel .xlsx file. Thing is, I can’t open it. I can’t Get Info. I can’t move it to Trash.

What is this file, and how do I get rid of it?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-file-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it-os-x/681220/2 "2014-02-13T04:27:15Z")

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[Here you go.](https://discussions.apple.com/message/18778549#18778549)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-file-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it-os-x/681220/3 "2014-02-13T04:55:40Z")

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Force quitting Finder got rid of it.

Thanks.