# Delete

Required Frends version: 5.5+

Required .NET version: 6.0

Compatible Agents: Crossplatform

Source code: <https://github.com/FrendsPlatform/Frends.Files/tree/main/Frends.Files.Delete>

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| Name                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                               |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Directory : `String` | <p>Source directory.</p><p><br>Default: <code>-</code><br>Example: <code>c:\temp</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                               |
| Pattern : `String`   | <p>Pattern to match for files. The file mask uses regular expressions, but for convenience, it has special handling for \* and ? wildcards.</p><p><br>Default: <code>"\*\*\Folder\*.xml"</code><br>Example: <code>test.txt, test\*.txt, test?.txt, test.(txt | xml), test.\[^t]\[^x]\[^t], ^(?!prof).\*\_test.txt</code></p> |
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{% tab title="Parameter: Options" %}

| Name                                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| UseGivenUserCredentialsForRemoteConnections : `Boolean` | <p>If set, allows you to give the user credentials to use to delete files on remote hosts.</p><p>If not set, the agent service user credentials will be used.</p><p>Note: This feature is only possible with Windows agents.</p><p><br>Default: <code>False</code><br>Example: <code>true</code></p> |
| UserName : `String`                                     | <p>This needs to be of format domain\username</p><p><br>Default: <code>"domain\username"</code><br>Example: <code>domain\username</code></p>                                                                                                                                                         |
| 🗝Password : `String`                                   | <p>Password for the used credentials.</p><p><br>Default: <code>-</code><br>Example: <code>testpwd</code></p>                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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{% tab title="Result: Result" %}

| Name                     | Description                                                                                       |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Files : `List<FileItem>` | <p>List of file items deleted from directory.<br>Example: <code>\[test.txt, test2.txt]</code></p> |
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## Changelog

### \[1.2.0] - 2025-03-19

#### Changed

* Update packages: Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing 7.0.0 -> 9.0.3 System.ComponentModel.Annotations 4.7.0 -> 5.0.0 System.DirectoryServices 7.0.0 -> 8.0.0 coverlet.collector 3.1.0 -> 6.0.4 Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk 16.6.1 -> 17.13.0 MSTest.TestAdapter 2.2.7 -> 3.8.3 MSTest.TestFramework 2.2.8 -> 3.8.3 nunit 3.12.0 -> 4.3.2 NUnit3TestAdapter 3.17.0 -> 5.0.0

### \[1.1.0] - 2025-03-13

#### Fixed

* Fixed bug where regex patterns were not handled correctly in file matching.

### \[1.0.0] - 2023-02-13

#### Added

* Initial implementation
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