I want to delete some files/folders and a whole directory that I uploaded. It says that I don't have the permission to delete the files, though. I did give the database user full access to the database and the CHMOD of the files in question are at least 755.

I suspect it may be because said folders contain database files? But I am unable to delete these (I'm still new to this).

Please help!

Try both ftp and the file manager.

I did. It's a fail :/

I checked all the permissions (u and g) for the db files i wanted to delete but even that didn't work.

What errors are you getting & whats your site?

The site is:

http://paperdreamer.vndv.com/main
(I'm moving from a wordpress.com site)

It's not giving me any errors exactly. It's just directories and files that are just cluttering up my storage.

When I try to delete them using FTP, I get the message "Request denied.
Please verify that the file or folder exists and that you have the necessary permissions on the server to perform the requested operation."

When I try to use the Zymic File Manager, it just doesn't delete it.

Thanks