Cannot delete icon services cache from trash.

Hi everyone, I have a 15" macbook 2014 running yosemite. I was having trouble with a download that was stuck on pause so I thought I would empty the cache for the mac store. I trashed a file named com.apple.iconservices.store. That was fine I rebooted and OS X recreated cache as normal. After that I am not able to delete folder from trash because it says the files inside the folder are in use. the files have names like this 1AEDA0FE-C8DB-52F8-3A88-57A134262EB1.isdata. I have managed to unlock the folder by changing the permission settings and I removed a file and changed its name thinking it wouldn't recognize the file. I still get an in use prompt even with a bogus name. Any suggestions? should I just ignore this file in the trash? seems like if it is going to be a problem I should just revert back to an older time machine since it has only been a week at this point. thanks.

Hi Jaron,
Thanks for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
If you have cache or data files in the Trash that cannot be deleted, try the methods in this article such as holding Option when emptying the Trash:
You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash - Apple Support
If the Trash still can't be emptied after trying the methods in this article, try Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks on your Mac's startup disk.
Regards,
Jeremy

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