deleted; deleting
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
delete a passage in a manuscript
delete a computer file
The email was accidentally deleted.
Examples of delete in a Sentence
Delete this name from the list.
When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
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The post was later deleted but not before arousing the concern of immigration rights groups in South Florida.
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Cd Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
This is all part of Microsoft’s push for users to delete account passwords altogether and to use passkeys instead.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The institute also pledged to improve privacy policies, and continue to allow customers to delete their data at will, as 23andMe already does.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 30 June 2025
According to Tinder, verification data obtained during the face scans is stored for the lifetime of the person's account but gets deleted within 30 days after someone closes their account.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 30 June 2025
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Cd Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
This is all part of Microsoft’s push for users to delete account passwords altogether and to use passkeys instead.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The institute also pledged to improve privacy policies, and continue to allow customers to delete their data at will, as 23andMe already does.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 30 June 2025
According to Tinder, verification data obtained during the face scans is stored for the lifetime of the person's account but gets deleted within 30 days after someone closes their account.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for delete
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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delete
verb
de·lete
di-ˈlēt 
deleted; deleting
: to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
delete a part of the story
delete a computer file
deletion
noun
di-ˈlē-shən
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