This guide explains how to delete a folder or file via SSH, which can be particularly useful when it is impossible to delete a file with an FTP software/client or the FTP Manager.

SSH command to delete a folder/file

To delete a file or directory, you need to use the rm command.

To delete the files Data.php and Data.txt, for example, you need to execute the following command:

rm Data.php Data.txt

To delete a directory, you first need to delete its contents and then use the following command:

rmdir Folder/

To delete all files in html format, you need to execute the following command:

rm *.html

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