to delete

Definition of to delete in English English dictionary: A key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer; To remove, get rid of, erase; Alternative spelling of Delete
I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete.; dele; To permanently remove an object from an IRIS Showcase page You can't retrieve objects you delete by choosing; Deletes a previously entered item from a Purchase Request that has not been sent to Purchasing for processing Accessible from: the Item Information Screen; To omit, leave out, or remove; The deletion key on a computer keyboard; An instruction given to remove an element from a layout; to remove or erase, as in "to delete a file" or "to delete a line"; Remove an element from the design, or a cell from a cell library Deleted elements are not immediately purged from the design file, but are marked as deleted To purge deleted elements, choose Compress Design from the File menu; To remove text or graphics from within a document To remove an application off the hard drive; To permanently remove an object from an IRIS Showcase page You can't retrieve objects you delete by choosing Paste; "Delete" means to remove from view/existance; wipe out magnetically recorded information; The keyword "delete" destroys an object created by new, in effect returning its allocated storage to free store for reuse It is used either as "delete " or as "delete [] " The expression is typically a pointer variable The 2nd form is used when store allocated as an array type is returned: "[]" indicates that a DTOR should be called for each array element "delete" returns a value of type void; {f} totally remove, erase; A kill or cancel, sometimes initiated by the subscriber or, particularly with controlled titles, by the publisher Agency cancels (see definition) are an exception; To erase or to remove data form a document or file; Removes a file from your Cage after it has been set to Ready to Save The sender will not be informed of the deletion and will assume you received the file properly This operation is provided solely to allow an unwanted file to be removed without pulling it out of the Cage Also known as Purge; To remove, omit; remove or erase a file|character|directory; remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"; The process of removing a file from a directory listing In most cases the data from files that have been deleted still exists until the freed space is reused, but recovery may be difficult if not impossible see rm; remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list; to remove something; erase; Use Delete to remove an object from the docbase or unlink it from the cabinet or folder to which it is linked Selecting Delete displays the Delete dialog box; To remove, get rid of erase; If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it. He also deleted files from the computer system + deletion deletions de·letion This involved the deletion of a great deal of irrelevant material. to remove something that has been written down or stored in a computer (deletus, past participle of delere ); An SQL command that will remove a record or group of records from a table; The key used to remove text Works backward from the cursor Also used to clear selected text or objects; Use DELETE to remove the contents of the selected cell; remove selected object (not saved anywhere); To remove an item of data from a file or to remove a file from the disk; to remove PERMANENTLY; cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"; (v ) In a window system, to permanently remove an object or group of objects and the space that the object occupied Contrast with cut; To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit