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date: 2020-05-25T12:06:00+01:00
title: "rclone delete"
description: "Remove the contents of path."
slug: rclone_delete
url: /commands/rclone_delete/
# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/delete/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
---
# rclone delete
Remove the contents of path.
## Synopsis
Remove the files in path. Unlike `purge` it obeys include/exclude
filters so can be used to selectively delete files.
`rclone delete` only deletes objects but leaves the directory structure
alone. If you want to delete a directory and all of its contents use
`rclone purge`
If you supply the --rmdirs flag, it will remove all empty directories along with it.
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 delete remote:path [flags]
```
## Options
```
-h, --help help for delete
--rmdirs rmdirs removes empty directories but leaves root intact
```
See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
## SEE ALSO
* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.