# Deleting an uploaded picture

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-an-uploaded-picture/146048>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 27, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-an-uploaded-picture/146048 "2005-04-27T20:43:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dreamerp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dreamerp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dreamerp)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-an-uploaded-picture/146048/1 "2005-04-27T20:43:09Z")

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Hello,  
I have an uploading script working, but how would I delete the image in the directory? I have no problem with deleting things from a mysql database, but how would you delete the actual file in directory?

Thanks,  
Peter