Deleting a file erases the file from the disk and removes the entry from the disk's directory. There is no corresponding operation to restore a deleted file, so applications should generally allow users to confirm before deleting files. To delete a file, pass the name of the file to the DeleteFile function:

DeleteFile(FileName);

DeleteFile returns True if it deleted the file and False if it did not (for example, if the file did not exist or if it was read-only). DeleteFile erases the file named by FileName from the disk.