rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_deletefile.md

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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"
---
# 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

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