# Shortcut to delete files

**URL:** <https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860>\
**Category:** Solved\
**Tags:** kodi\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860 "2020-08-04T09:54:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Carabistouille](https://community.yatse.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Carabistouille](https://community.yatse.tv/u/Carabistouille)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/1 "2020-08-04T09:54:04Z")

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Hi,  
I use Yatse with KODI (on LinuxMint).

I tried do create a shortcut (built-in, or keyboard) to delete files.  
But **Action(Delete[,window])** or **VK\_DELETE** doesn’t seem to work at all.

Could you help me ?

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](https://community.yatse.tv/user_avatar/community.yatse.tv/tolriq/32/12_2.png) [@Tolriq](https://community.yatse.tv/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/2 "2020-08-04T16:54:21Z")

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You can send “delete” as remote / keyboard button to s for the rest without logs, details about how you create the command and what Kodi expect there’s not much more I can say.

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**Author:** ![Carabistouille](https://community.yatse.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Carabistouille](https://community.yatse.tv/u/Carabistouille)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/3 "2020-08-04T23:20:03Z")

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Hi Tolriq,  
Thank you for the answer.

I don’t understand this : “You can send “delete” as remote / keyboard button to s”.  
Could you explain that ?

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](https://community.yatse.tv/user_avatar/community.yatse.tv/tolriq/32/12_2.png) [@Tolriq](https://community.yatse.tv/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/4 "2020-08-05T07:06:03Z")

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you enter “delete” as the value of the remote key 🙂

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**Author:** ![Carabistouille](https://community.yatse.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Carabistouille](https://community.yatse.tv/u/Carabistouille)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/5 "2020-09-01T14:28:10Z")

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OK, tank you, it works !

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**Author:** ![nonobio](https://community.yatse.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nonobio](https://community.yatse.tv/u/nonobio)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/6 "2024-04-26T08:58:18Z")

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Hi 🙂

I’m not sure this is exactly what I’m looking for but:

I am looking for a possibility to delete a file with Yatse, from the list of files and/or from a file currently playing. Is it possible?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](https://community.yatse.tv/user_avatar/community.yatse.tv/tolriq/32/12_2.png) [@Tolriq](https://community.yatse.tv/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/7 "2024-04-26T11:26:28Z")

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Show the context menu in Kodi and select delete if it’s present.

There’s no remote command to delete files and it better for your safety.

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**Author:** ![nonobio](https://community.yatse.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nonobio](https://community.yatse.tv/u/nonobio)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://community.yatse.tv/t/shortcut-to-delete-files/2860/8 "2024-04-28T04:35:11Z")

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Damn, I would have rather needed a possibility to delete from a list displayed in Yatse, too bad, but thank you all the same for your answer and the context menu tip 🙂