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title: "rclone delete"
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description: "Remove the files in path."
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slug: rclone_delete
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url: /commands/rclone_delete/
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# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/delete/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
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---
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# rclone delete
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Remove the files in path.
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## Synopsis
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Remove the files in path. Unlike [purge](/commands/rclone_purge/) it
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obeys include/exclude filters so can be used to selectively delete files.
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`rclone delete` only deletes files but leaves the directory structure
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alone. If you want to delete a directory and all of its contents use
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the [purge](/commands/rclone_purge/) command.
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If you supply the `--rmdirs` flag, it will remove all empty directories along with it.
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You can also use the separate command [rmdir](/commands/rclone_rmdir/) or
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[rmdirs](/commands/rclone_rmdirs/) to delete empty directories only.
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For example, to delete all files bigger than 100 MiB, you may first want to
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check what would be deleted (use either):
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rclone --min-size 100M lsl remote:path
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rclone --dry-run --min-size 100M delete remote:path
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Then proceed with the actual delete:
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rclone --min-size 100M delete remote:path
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That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MiB", hence
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delete all files bigger than 100 MiB.
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**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
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`--dry-run` or the `--interactive`/`-i` flag.
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```
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rclone delete remote:path [flags]
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```
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## Options
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```
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-h, --help help for delete
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--rmdirs rmdirs removes empty directories but leaves root intact
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```
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See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
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## SEE ALSO
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* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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