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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Log in and delete them to reduce your digital footprint (and the likelihood of anyone stealing your information).
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP), run by state agency CalPrivacy, goes live New Year’s Day, allowing residents to have their data deleted, through a single request, by the more than 500 brokers already registered with the agency.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Lucky introduced his little girl to the world with a sweet father-daughter snap shared on Instagram, which has since been deleted.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Cooper later deleted the posts, but Broncos fans absolutely loved him for trashing the Chiefs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP), run by state agency CalPrivacy, goes live New Year’s Day, allowing residents to have their data deleted, through a single request, by the more than 500 brokers already registered with the agency.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Lucky introduced his little girl to the world with a sweet father-daughter snap shared on Instagram, which has since been deleted.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Cooper later deleted the posts, but Broncos fans absolutely loved him for trashing the Chiefs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Delete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delete. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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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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