How to get rid of corpses that don’t despawn on their own

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In Whiterun there are two dead bodies that never seem to despawn. They are the cultists from the start of the Dragonborn DLC. I know I could just move them out of sight, but I have some weird feeling knowing that they are still there. Is there anyway to force the corpses to despawn permanently? I'm on PC, so I do have access to the console.

Best Answer

This error, and many more, are fixed up in the Unofficial Patch series for the Dragonborn DLC:

UDBP Fixes Dragonborn (DLC2MQ01) lost a property for cleaning up the cultist bodies after the ambush is over. DLC2WE09 also needed to be added for shutdown. (Bug #14121)

For a complete list of the change logs you can go to the change log. This patch is available through many sites like Nexus but is not available any longer through the Steam Workshop (this is due to restrictions in the Content Creator). I -highly- recommend getting comfortable installing the mod via the Nexus Mod Manager (simple easy to use interface that handles installing and uninstalling the files for you) as the Unofficial Patches are almost a requirement to play Skyrim bug free.