# Deleting Files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-files/189790>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [June 6, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-files/189790 "2006-06-06T10:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![denizengt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@denizengt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denizengt)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deleting-files/189790/1 "2006-06-06T10:03:58Z")

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I’m using a WAMP based PHP setup

```php

chmod($file,0777);
unlink($file);

```

This throws a permissions error and doesn’t delete the file specified in $file (which is just “index.php”). How do I set the permissions - I can create files, I just can’t delete them ☹

Any ideas?