# Delete File
This action can be used to delete a file, using the file path, file name, and file extension attributes.
## **Properties**
### **Input**
* **File Path**: path for the file to be deleted; either a variable or directly the file name (including the address to the file e.g. C:\\\Source Folder\\\Test.xls).
### **Misc**
* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project.
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely.
## **Use Case**
### **Potential Use Cases**
* Delete a file having the same name as the file that the robot is about to create, in order to avoid overwriting.
* Delete a file from the local machine, once placed on FTP or sent by email
* Delete an accounting document once it exceeds the legal period it has to be stored.
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### **Examples of Using Delete File**
**Example**
In this example, the robot will delete a .txt file from a given path.
Watch the robot in action:[
](https://www.loom.com/share/5d46204a3f6749daba7ac36bec0db8bb)
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You can see how the **Delete File** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:
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Delete File sample project
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