Cannot move or trash items because "in use" - Need an "apply to all" option

In manually transferring items on my MacBook to my external hard drive I accidentally dropped the items into the desktop folder. I have everything backed-up properly on my external hard drive now. I attempted to move all of the items to the trash. I am prompted with "these items are in use and cannot be trashed - stop or continue." Continue works and I can throw them into the the trash. The problem -- THERE ARE 8,722 items!!! It is making me hit continue for each item. I cannot push continue 8,722 times. I need an "apply to all" button, but it doesn't offer me that.  Is there another solution?

Try disconnecting the external drive and restarting your Macbook. That might solve your problem of not being able to do a bulk trash drop and empty.

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