Title: Error when replacing PDFs
Last modified: January 29, 2018

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# Error when replacing PDFs

 *  Resolved [plexon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plexon/)
 * (@plexon)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-replacing-pdfs/)
 * Hello,
 * Have used your plugin for several months now and it is very useful, no problems
   until now.
 * However, whenever we attempt to replace a PDF file, the first time we attempt
   this it appears to have worked, until we go to the link where the file should
   be and it is the previous version, not the newly uploaded one.
 * When we attempt to replace the file for a second time, we get an error message“
   The file [file name] can not be deleted by the web server, most likely because
   the permissions on the file are wrong.”
 * Is this an issue on our end or an issue with the plugin? If it is with the plugin
   how do we fix it?
 * Thank you for your time.

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 *  [Måns Jonasson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mungobbq/)
 * (@mungobbq)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-replacing-pdfs/#post-9927121)
 * This is odd, but it sounds like the file permissions on the folder you are uploading
   to are wrong.

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