How do I delete/trash an Application (package)?

I am the administrator of a stand alone Mac and I need to remove a couple of apps from my hard drive completely. If I send one to the trash it re-appears in the Applications folder immediately, never showing up in the Trash folder. How do I get rid of these apps?
TIA
Jim

If the apps came w/an uninstaller, then use it. Better yet, download this neat little shareware app demo called AppZapper. It basically does all the work for you by not only trashing the apps but the apps preference files, caches & all its associated files.
Another software that does the above is AppDelete. Best of all this software is free!

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