Lock a track and ripple delete

How do i ripple delete and lock a track so when i cut, i can cut other tracks but not the track selected? If i lock the track and try to delete all the tracks, there will be a pop up says "cannot delete read only track"

I know we can deselect the track we dont want to cut and selects the othes, but that's a pain in the ***.........Is there any easy way? any help will be appreciated...