Synonyms of delete

delete

verb

di-ˈlēt 

as in to cancel

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

the teacher deleted the last line of the student's essay, wisely sensing that it lessened the impact

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cancel
• erase
• remove
• censor
• cross (out)
• strike (out)
• kill
• scratch (out)
• stroke (out)
• blue-pencil
• edit (out)
• x (out)
• elide
• eradicate
• expunge
• obliterate
• dele
• suppress
• wipe out
• excise
• efface
• clip
• blot out
• shorten
• redact
• root (out)
• cut
• clean (up)
• launder
• abbreviate
• expurgate
• rub out
• bowdlerize
• repress
• silence
• crop
• bleep
• blip
• black out
• red-pencil

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stet

Examples of delete in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That still won’t delete data that has already been collected — and people posting back in 2007 (who may have been minors at the time) wouldn’t have known their photos and posts would be used in this way. —Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024

The live feed was deleted, but plenty of folks recorded, shared, and commented on the video. —Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024

Unfortunately for all of us, Google seems to have deleted the entry, which is a shame. —Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024

Google’s change in policy is a wake-up call to delete those and to be more guarded about what gets on there in the first place. —Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024