How do I delete a desktop icon that will not delete?

I have ab Excel ICON on my destop that will not delete and cannot be moved.....
Any ideas? I think Excel is corrupted, but the rest of the functions work okay....
Thanks all
Dan

Better yet, I'll just give you the command and tell you how to enter it.
Open terminal by opening up Launchpad and clicking on Utilities and then Terminal.
Type this
rm -R Desktop/NAME_OF_FILE
replace NAME_OF_FILE with the the name of the file (including caps) and press Tab then Enter
If that doesn't work, let me know

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