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Administrators should be able to change visibility/delete any file
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Currently, it appears as if only the uploader of a file can change the view permissions of or delete a file; it does not appear that an even an administrator has the ability to do this.

If a user inadvertently or maliciously uploads something they shouldn't have, and either promptly goes on vacation (in the former case) or ignores my request to remove the file (in the latter case), my only recourse appears to locate where the file is physically stored and remove it by hand, which is exceptionally inconvenient.

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We intentionally do not provide this capability from the web UI. For rationale, see:

https://secure.phabricator.com/book/phabricator/article/users/#administrators

You can use bin/policy unlock F123 or bin/remove destroy F123 from the CLI to open policies on or destroy a file, respectively. Both commands work for most objects.