deleting
Taking something out
Deleting is removing something, especially digital content—files, text, or data.
The present participle of delete, it describes the act in progress: I'm deleting old emails, She's deleting her social media accounts.
Deleting may be reversible (moving to trash) or permanent (wiping entirely).
Delete installed software
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- removeTake something away
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- recycle binSorting container for reprocessing
backspace · undo · clear · wipe · format · purge · ctrl-z · recovery
Total destruction or erasure
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- wipingRubbing to clean
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
elimination · removal · cancellation · blotting out · crossing out · rubbing out · whiteout · eraser
Remove online connection
- unfollowCease tracking online
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- muteWithout voice or sound
- banOfficial restriction on something
deplatform · cancel · remove · kick · boot · blacklist · exclude · expel
Altering to improve
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- strikethroughLine negating text
cut · omit · excise · trim · redraft · amend · modify · revise
uninstall
Delete installed software
recycle bin · backspace · undo · clear · wipe · format · purge · ctrl-z · recovery · corrupted
obliteration
Total destruction or erasure
- effacementAct of erasing completely
- expungingRemoving completely from existence
- wipingRubbing to clean
eradication · elimination · removal · cancellation · blotting out · crossing out · rubbing out · whiteout · eraser · scratching out
unfriend
Remove online connection
ban · deplatform · cancel · remove · kick · boot · blacklist · exclude · expel · ghosting
revision
Altering to improve
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
strikethrough · cut · omit · excise · trim · redraft · amend · modify · revise · refine
- cutting outtrimming, clipping, cropping, pruning, snipping
- computing operationscompiling, debugging, executing, parsing, indexing
- online actionsposting, click, commenting, tap, replying
- removalremove, elimination, erasing, erase, removing
- DVR functionsrecord, recording, pause, playback, rewind
- Editing Tasksproofreading, proofread, spellcheck, revise, edit
deletingrestoring
Returning to original condition
recovering · undeleting · retrieving · undoing · reinstating
- account deletionRemoving user profile permanently