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# delete (FTP command)
### Overview
The `delete` command deletes a file from a given location on the remote server. No content is loaded into the flow.
## Need to know
Regular expressions are supported when defining files to be removed with the `delete` command.
## Connection settings
When [configuring an SFTP connector](/product-documentation/process-flows/building-process-flows/process-flow-shapes/standard-shapes/connector-shape/configuring-sftp-connections.md), three fields should be updated:
| FTP command | Root | Path |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| FTP command only: `delete` | The root to the directory where the required file is located. You could enter just / and then a full path in the path field, or you can provide the full path to the file.
If you are deleting multiple files using a regular expression, enter the entire path here, so the path field only contains your regular expression.
| The filename or regular expression (if you specified the full path as `root`) or the full path to the file. |
## Example
* [Scenario](#scenario)
* [The steps](#the-steps)
### Scenario
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Our process flow is configured as follows: 
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In this flow, we need to delete all files that start with 'old' in /myfiles/folderB on the remote server:
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### The steps
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Connector settings Our SFTP shape is configured as follows: 
- Look for files from the
root, which is defined as: /myfiles/folderB - Check the
path for the file(s) to remove, defined as: /^old.*/i - Delete files with the
ftp command. This is defined as: delete
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On our remote server, all files starting with 'old' have been removed from /myfiles/folderB/:
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