Deletion

Deletion or delete may refer to:

Computing

• File deletion, 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 (SQL), an SQL statement that removes data entries
• Delete character, 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

Arts and entertainment

• Deletion (music industry), a term for removing a record from a label's catalog
• Delete (2011 TV miniseries), about a young hacker who uncovers a kind of artificial intelligence
• "Delete!", the battle cry of the Cybermen, antagonists from the British sci-fi television series Doctor Who
• "Delete!", a catchphrase used by professional wrestler Matt Hardy under his Broken gimmick.
• "Delete" (削除 Sakujo), a catchphrase associated with fictional character Teru Mikami from the Japanese manga series Death Note

Other uses

• Deletion (genetics), deletion of a gene or chromosome segment, symbolized in the literature by a Δ symbol
• Elision, the deletion of a sound or sounds
• Ellipsis (linguistics), grammatical deletion of a word