/rclone_deletefile

title: "rclone deletefile"
description: "Remove a single file from remote."
versionIntroduced: v1.42
# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/deletefile/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"

> **Official documentation:** [https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_deletefile/](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_deletefile/)

rclone deletefile

Remove a single file from remote.

Synopsis

Remove a single file from remote. Unlike `delete` it cannot be used to remove a directory and it doesn't obey include/exclude filters - if the specified file exists, it will always be removed.

rclone deletefile remote:path [flags]

Options

  -h, --help   help for deletefile

Options shared with other commands are described next. See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.

Important Options

Important flags useful for most commands

  -n, --dry-run         Do a trial run with no permanent changes
  -i, --interactive     Enable interactive mode
  -v, --verbose count   Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)

See Also

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• [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.

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