verb
- removing or erasing something, especially text or data from a computer or document
Usage: present participle of delete
Examples
- She is deleting old photos from her phone to free up storage space.
- The editor spent hours deleting unnecessary paragraphs from the manuscript.
- I accidentally started deleting the wrong file.
- The system is deleting temporary files automatically.
- He regretted deleting those important emails.
- The teacher caught the student deleting their browser history.
- We’re deleting all outdated records from the database.