Can't remove some items from Dock

I have several icons from applications in the dock which cannot be removed and the usual options displayed when holding down the key are not present. Other things such as folders can be added and removed from the right side of the dock. This problem occurred suddenly. Formerly the dock functioned normally.

John,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Navigate to yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder and find the com.apple.dock.plist file. Drag this file to the Desktop, then log out/in or restart and the Dock should return to the default configuration.
;~)

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