I have seen multiple questions and answers regarding denying delete permissions to users, but none of them seem to be working from me. I am logged in to my personal Windows 10 PC as an admin user. There are some files I want to stop myself from deleting by accident. I tried denying delete permissions to Everyone, but that doesn't work. So I tried testing permissions on a random file I copied to see if I could figure it out. If I remove all permissions that exist and start fresh on a file, and just deny delete permissions, it's fine and I am not allowed to delete. But once I add any read-related permissions, I can now delete the file. I don't know why giving read permissions would allow me to delete. Is there a solution for this where I can still read?