How do I unlock a SQLite database?

Question

sqlite> DELETE FROM mails WHERE (`id` = 71);
SQL error: database is locked

How do I unlock the database so this will work?

Answer 1

If you're trying to unlock the Chrome database to view it with SQLite, then just shut down Chrome.

Windows

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data

or

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Chrome Web Data

Mac

~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Web Data