You know all those files you’ve been creating, editing, moving, and renaming? Well, you’ll be glad to know that you can now remove them using the web-based interface too! Simply view any file in your repository, click the delete button at the top, and commit the removal just like any other web-based edit.

Delete a file using GitHub

Commit removal of a file using GitHub

And just like that, :kissing::dash:, it’s gone.

For help with these features, be sure to read our help articles on creating, moving, renaming, and deleting files.


Note: Since it’s a version control system, Git always has your back if you need to recover the file later. If you really, really need to completely delete a file from a repository for some reason, say a secret key or other sensitive file that was accidentally commited, you may need to consider :skull::fire:the nuclear option:fire::skull:.

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