# Delete files (/docs/guides/runtime/delete-file)

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Related: [Delete directories](/docs/guides/runtime/delete-directory.md), [Import a HTML file as text](/docs/guides/runtime/import-html.md), [Import a JSON file](/docs/guides/runtime/import-json.md), [Import a JSON5 file](/docs/guides/runtime/import-json5.md), [Import a TOML file](/docs/guides/runtime/import-toml.md), [Import a YAML file](/docs/guides/runtime/import-yaml.md)

To delete a file, use `Bun.file(path).delete()`.

```ts delete-file.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
// Delete a file
const file = Bun.file("path/to/file.txt");
await file.delete();

// Now the file doesn't exist
const exists = await file.exists();
// => false
```

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See [File I/O](/runtime/file-io) for more filesystem operations.