Deletion or delete may refer to:

Computing

File deletion 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, del (command), era in CP/M and DR-DOS, del (command), del/del (command), eras ...

, a way of removing a file from a computer's file system * Code cleanup, a way of removing unnecessary variables, data structures, cookies, and temporary files in a programming language * Delete key, a key on modern computer keyboards that erases text *

Delete character The delete control character (also called DEL or rubout) is the last character in the ASCII repertoire, with the code 127. It is supposed to do nothing and was designed to erase incorrect characters on paper tape. It is denoted as in caret notati ...

, DEL, the delete control code in ASCII and C0 and C1 control codes * delete (C++) operator, a built-in operator in the C++ programming language * Deletion of a character in a string, one of the single-character edits used to define the Levenshtein distance

Arts and entertainment

* Deletion (music industry), a term for removing a record from a label's catalog * ''Delete'' (miniseries), a 2013 TV miniseries * ''Deleted'' (film), a 2022 Singaporean-Malaysian film

Music

* "Delete" (Dara Bubamara song), 2012 * "Delete" (DMA's song), 2014 * "Delete" (Story Untold song), 2017 * "Delete" (Sid song), 2020 * "Deletion", a song by Hans Zimmer from ''Dark Phoenix'' (soundtrack), 2019 * "Delete", a song by Capsule from '' Caps Lock'', 2013 * "Delete", a song by Killing Joke from '' Pylon'', 2015 * "Delete", a song by Shinedown from '' Planet Zero'', 2022 * "Delete", a song by Younha from '' Gobaek Ha Gi Joheun Nal'', 2007 * "Deleted", a song by Tech N9ne and MacKenzie Nicole from '' The Storm'', 2016

Other uses

Deletion (genetics) In genetics, a deletion (also called gene deletion, deficiency, or deletion mutation) (sign: Δ) is a mutation (a genetic aberration) in which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is left out during DNA replication. Any number of nucleot ...

, deletion of a gene or chromosome segment, symbolized in the literature by a Δ symbol *

Elision In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase. However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run toget ...

, the deletion of a sound or sounds *

Ellipsis (linguistics) In linguistics, ellipsis (from el, ἔλλειψις, ''élleipsis'' 'omission') or an elliptical construction is the omission from a clause of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements. There ar ...

, grammatical deletion of a word * Deletion of articles on Wikipedia

Computing

Arts and entertainment

Music

Other uses

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