How to delete multiples files in Github #22543

naqvisn · 2018-03-08T17:17:15Z

naqvisn
Mar 8, 2018

Is there a way to select all files and delete files in github at once? Currently I delete single file at time and commit changes.

I want to select multiple or all files and delete under a single commit.

Thanks

Answered by nadiajoyce

Mar 10, 2018

Hi @naqvisn,

There isn’t a way to select multiple files for deletion using the Web UI at the moment, but I’ll let the team know you’d like us to add this feature in the future.

In the meantime, the way we recommend editing or deleting multiple files is by working with a local repository. You would then be able to delete the files in your local clone, commit that change to your local repository, and then push that change to the remote repository on GitHub.

The steps for doing this are:

In the command-line, navigate to your local repository.
Ensure you are in the default branch:
git checkout master
The rm -r command will recursively remove your folder:
git rm -r folder-name
Commit the ch…

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nadiajoyce · 2018-03-08T17:53:13Z

nadiajoyce
Mar 8, 2018

Hi @naqvisn,

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nadiajoyce · 2018-03-10T16:29:26Z

nadiajoyce
Mar 10, 2018

Hi @naqvisn,

There isn’t a way to select multiple files for deletion using the Web UI at the moment, but I’ll let the team know you’d like us to add this feature in the future.

In the meantime, the way we recommend editing or deleting multiple files is by working with a local repository. You would then be able to delete the files in your local clone, commit that change to your local repository, and then push that change to the remote repository on GitHub.

The steps for doing this are:

In the command-line, navigate to your local repository.
Ensure you are in the default branch:
git checkout master
The rm -r command will recursively remove your folder:
git rm -r folder-name
Commit the change:
git commit -m "Remove duplicated directory"
Push the change to your remote repository:
git push origin master

I hope this helps!

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PhilMinecraft Jun 12, 2023

Why need a command line when we can just remotely access and delete select files in bulk using vs code? I'll just install Remote Repositories, sign in my GitHub account there, select a repo and I can delete select files in bulk then commit the change (aka save changes). This method is much easier and less hassle than your method. :/

AstroSpaceDiscord · 2018-11-19T13:15:22Z

AstroSpaceDiscord
Nov 19, 2018

how do i open the command line?

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mabagheri · 2018-11-27T20:09:07Z

mabagheri
Nov 27, 2018

One easy way: download and install git from “https://git-scm.com/download/win”. In windows explorer, go to the folder you want, right-click and run “Git bash here”.

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kondareddy1229 · 2019-03-20T16:33:20Z

kondareddy1229
Mar 20, 2019

Thank you brother

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mghhimu · 2019-05-25T06:06:48Z

mghhimu
May 25, 2019

press Ctl+ALT+t to open a new terminal in Ubuntu

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chuankin · 2019-05-28T15:05:23Z

chuankin
May 28, 2019

How do I delete multiple files using github desktop?

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Jadamoureen · 2019-06-12T10:59:38Z

Jadamoureen
Jun 12, 2019

Thank you so much …

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realleyriley · 2019-06-13T20:23:33Z

realleyriley
Jun 13, 2019

For those looking for a git solution (command line solution):

Manually delete the files just like you would normally delete any file in windows. Right click the file(s) and click delete.
Type this command

git add -u

You may go ahead and commit the change.

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adithya-s-sekhar Nov 8, 2022

Thank you this helped me with renaming multiple files. First tracked the deleted files with git add -u and then tracked the new files with git add *, it showed up as renamed in git status.

PhakaSosibo · 2019-07-25T18:53:26Z

PhakaSosibo
Jul 25, 2019

Thank you somuch

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Effionggodwinnsikan Aug 8, 2022

am caught in the middle of a bad collaborator and want to push my code to a different repo

avDec25 · 2019-08-05T19:30:13Z

avDec25
Aug 5, 2019

You may need to use:

git push -f origin master

How it worked for me:

➜ mfb-plm git:(master) git push origin master
To bitbucket.org:myntra/mfb-plm.git
 ! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first)
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@bitbucket.org:myntra/mfb-plm.git'
hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do
hint: not have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing
hint: to the same ref. You may want to first integrate the remote changes
hint: (e.g., 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
➜ mfb-plm git:(master) **git push -f origin master** Enumerating objects: 383, done.
Counting objects: 100% (383/383), done.
Delta compression using up to 12 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (94/94), done.
Writing objects: 100% (383/383), 241.06 KiB | 80.35 MiB/s, done.
Total 383 (delta 238), reused 381 (delta 238)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (238/238), done.
To bitbucket.org:myntra/mfb-plm.git
 + a4a0df9...849eece master -> master (forced update)

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Logeswaranbca · 2019-08-09T11:40:20Z

Logeswaranbca
Aug 9, 2019

Its deleting folder i want to delete inside folder file’s

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DocLock17 · 2019-09-23T10:20:50Z

DocLock17
Sep 23, 2019

One Solution would be:

1. “View” >> “Show in Explorer”.

2. Make edits in your file explorer, and close.

3. Commit Changes and/or Pull and Merge.

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Ajithkumar-Hariraman · 2019-11-28T11:47:56Z

Ajithkumar-Hariraman
Nov 28, 2019

Thanks. It works.

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Mona145 · 2019-12-12T09:48:25Z

Mona145
Dec 12, 2019

Thanks. Appreciate the help.

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prady1900 · 2019-12-31T12:55:28Z

prady1900
Dec 31, 2019

It actually deleted the read.md file too

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ghost · 2020-01-05T11:36:04Z

ghost
Jan 5, 2020

thanks. But can you add these feautere to web UI? because this id going to be a simple way.

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VolhaKr · 2020-02-29T09:09:05Z

VolhaKr
Feb 29, 2020

I get “fatal: pathspec … did not mach any files”, though files are added to GitHub when I add another directory.

I was studying to work ith git with GitBush, GitGUI, Intellij IDEA, TortoiseGit and, think, made some modifications, which I cannot get rid of now.
Any commit adds too many extra folders, which I can’t delete from git with your instructions.

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arjunj132 · 2023-08-14T16:17:49Z

arjunj132
Aug 14, 2023

I'm a bit late, but another way you could do it is that you could click . and then the github.dev vscode interface will popup. Then you could just select all the files and then delete then through right-click and click delete. Then you could just commit it on the Source Control tab. This way is a bit faster than using the command line.

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