# How can i delete a file from ipfs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 4, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-can-i-delete-a-file-from-ipfs/1556 "2017-12-04T09:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![lidel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/lidel/32/9853_2.png) [@lidel](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/lidel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-can-i-delete-a-file-from-ipfs/1556/3 "2017-12-04T09:37:48Z")
If you are looking for a broader discussion, you may find these threads interesting: > [@Editing/deletion of content and power dynamics](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/editing-deletion-of-content-and-power-dynamics/407): > > From @aronayne on Tue Aug 09 2016 09:54:39 GMT+0000 (UTC) Reading the available ifps commands : [https://ipfs.io/docs/commands/](https://ipfs.io/docs/commands/) ipfs does not appear to support deletion or editing of existing content that have been added to ifps ? Copied from original issue: [https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/156](https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/156) > [@Can I delete my content from the network?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/can-i-delete-my-content-from-the-network/301): > > From @whyrusleeping on Tue Apr 07 2015 16:24:43 GMT+0000 (UTC) If you add data to the network, and another node chooses to rehost it, there is no way to cause them to delete it from their blockstore. Copied from original issue: [https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/9](https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/9) > [@Deleting Content](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/deleting-content/202): > > I discovered this project this afternoon and I’m thinking through the process. As I read up on it, I see the word “permanent” a lot but as I read into it more it seems that if I’m running an IPFS node, I add something to my node, then I remove my node without anybody requesting my file, wouldn’t that make the file unavailable? Functionally that sounds like a delete process to me. Or even if somebody requests my files, if they GC without pinning my content then it would be gone forever. In short… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-can-i-delete-a-file-from-ipfs/1556)._