egads how do you correct spelling in a title???

Can you post the command you are using to delete it? I am not aware of any reason it should matter that there is an app with a similar name, since they are discrete elements.

find /Applications -name "SimBio Virtual Labs" -maxdepth 1 -delete

Should do the trick.

rm -r /Path/To/SimBio Virtual Labs

should work, right?

You may want to do it as ```
rm -frd .....
```

rm -r was what I assumed would work.

tried: find /Applications -name "SimBio Virtual Labs" -maxdepth 1 -delete no dice
also tried the added switches to rm suggested.

there is nothing special that I can see about this directory. it was garbage left behind from an old package of the simbio apps.

thanks for the replies

If I first delete the .app file then a regular rm -r will kill the directory.... but not the other way around. :-

the real question is why it didn't occur to me to delete the <expletive delted> .app FIRST. thanks for the help all.

for those still reading along:

rm -r /Applications/SimBio Virtual Labs.app
rm -r /Applications/Mitosis and Meiosis Explored.app
rm -r /Applications/SimBio Virtual Labs /

That's odd... makes no sense to me. Doesn't really matter which order though, unless you come across a situation where you want to leave the .app in place.

Is there really a space after Labs?

very odd. as near as I can tell the Finder see no space.. but it looks like there is a space if i look at it via the terminal.