The Delete Function
Keys and values can be deleted from the registry file using the delete function.
The command syntax is:
fileregedit [-f reg_file] delete user path name class
- There are no optional arguments to the
deletefunction. - The item which is to be deleted must be specified.
- The
classargument must be either KEY or VALUE, since it is possible to have both a key and a value with the same name contained in the same path.
For example, to delete the Choice value for the rename function, the command is:
fileregedit delete phoebe /XY/Software/Web Choice VALUE
Sample output of the above command:
# fileregedit delete phoebe /XY/Software/Web Choice VALUE
1 item deleted
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When a key is deleted, everything contained within the key is also deleted.
For example, if the top level SDL KEY was deleted with this command: fileregedit delete phoebe / SDL KEY
Three items are deleted:
# fileregedit delete phoebe / SDL KEY
3 items deleted
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And the registry file would be empty. For example, the fileregedit command for list phoebe shows no items found:
# fileregedit list phoebe
0 items found
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