diff --git a/docs/content/docs.md b/docs/content/docs.md
index 041aeb4ea..768b331d8 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs.md
@@ -107,7 +107,28 @@ objects in it, use purge for that.
 
 ### rclone purge remote:path ###
 
-Remove the path and all of its contents.
+Remove the path and all of its contents.  Note that this does not obey
+include/exclude filters - everything will be removed.  Use `delete` if
+you want to selectively delete files.
+
+### rclone delete remote:path ###
+
+Remove the contents of path.  Unlike `purge` it obeys include/exclude
+filters so can be used to selectively delete files.
+
+Eg delete all files bigger than 100MBytes
+
+Check what would be deleted first (use either)
+
+    rclone --min-size 100M lsl remote:path
+    rclone --dry-run --min-size 100M delete remote:path
+
+Then delete
+
+    rclone --min-size 100M delete remote:path
+
+That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MB", hence
+delete all files bigger than 100MBytes.
 
 ### rclone check source:path dest:path ###
 
diff --git a/docs/content/filtering.md b/docs/content/filtering.md
index 3f3ee6cd1..84286ab5b 100644
--- a/docs/content/filtering.md
+++ b/docs/content/filtering.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Rclone has a sophisticated set of include and exclude rules. Some of
 these are based on patterns and some on other things like file size.
 
 The filters are applied for the `copy`, `sync`, `move`, `ls`, `lsl`,
-`md5sum`, `sha1sum`, `size` and `check` operations.
+`md5sum`, `sha1sum`, `size`, `delete` and `check` operations.
 Note that `purge` does not obey the filters.
 
 Each path as it passes through rclone is matched against the include
diff --git a/fs/operations.go b/fs/operations.go
index c072a103d..a6a0a87d3 100644
--- a/fs/operations.go
+++ b/fs/operations.go
@@ -891,3 +891,20 @@ func Purge(f Fs) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Delete removes all the contents of a container.  Unlike Purge, it
+// obeys includes and excludes.
+func Delete(f Fs) error {
+	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	delete := make(ObjectsChan, Config.Transfers)
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		DeleteFiles(delete)
+	}()
+	err := ListFn(f, func(o Object) {
+		delete <- o
+	})
+	close(delete)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/fs/operations_test.go b/fs/operations_test.go
index 6930f1515..4c0654114 100644
--- a/fs/operations_test.go
+++ b/fs/operations_test.go
@@ -868,6 +868,26 @@ func TestCount(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRun(t)
+	defer r.Finalise()
+	file1 := r.WriteObject("small", "1234567890", t2)                                                                                           // 10 bytes
+	file2 := r.WriteObject("medium", "------------------------------------------------------------", t1)                                        // 60 bytes
+	file3 := r.WriteObject("large", "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA", t1) // 100 bytes
+	fstest.CheckItems(t, r.fremote, file1, file2, file3)
+
+	fs.Config.Filter.MaxSize = 60
+	defer func() {
+		fs.Config.Filter.MaxSize = 0
+	}()
+
+	err := fs.Delete(r.fremote)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Sync failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	fstest.CheckItems(t, r.fremote, file3)
+}
+
 func TestCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	r := NewRun(t)
 	defer r.Finalise()
diff --git a/rclone.go b/rclone.go
index 16a8d4631..ae8cee399 100644
--- a/rclone.go
+++ b/rclone.go
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ var Commands = []Command{
 		Name:     "purge",
 		ArgsHelp: "remote:path",
 		Help: `
-        Remove the path and all of its contents.`,
+        Remove the path and all of its contents.  Does not obey
+        filters - use remove for that.`,
 		Run: func(fdst, fsrc fs.Fs) error {
 			return fs.Purge(fdst)
 		},
@@ -214,6 +215,18 @@ var Commands = []Command{
 		MaxArgs: 1,
 		Retry:   true,
 	},
+	{
+		Name:     "delete",
+		ArgsHelp: "remote:path",
+		Help: `
+        Remove the contents of path.  Obeys include/exclude filters.`,
+		Run: func(fdst, fsrc fs.Fs) error {
+			return fs.Delete(fdst)
+		},
+		MinArgs: 1,
+		MaxArgs: 1,
+		Retry:   true,
+	},
 	{
 		Name:     "check",
 		ArgsHelp: "source:path dest:path",