Editing File deletion (section)

{{Short description|Removal of a file from a computer's file system}}
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'''File deletion''' is the removal of a [[computer file|file]] from a computer's [[file system]].

All operating systems include commands for deleting files ('''[[rm (Unix)|rm]]''' on [[Unix]] and [[Linux]],<ref name="rm23" /> '''[[del (command)|era]]''' in [[CP/M]] and [[DR-DOS]], '''[[del (command)|del]]'''/'''erase''' in [[MS-DOS]]/[[IBM PC DOS|PC DOS]], DR-DOS, [[Microsoft Windows version history|Microsoft Windows]] etc.). [[File manager]]s also provide a convenient way of deleting files. Files may be deleted one-by-one, or a whole  blacklist directory tree may be deleted.