---
name: "dasel-delete"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dasel"
version: "2.8.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dasel-delete"
---

# dasel-delete(1)

Delete properties from the given file.

## NAME

dasel-delete - Delete properties from the given file.

## SYNOPSIS

**dasel delete -f  -r   \[flags\]**

## DESCRIPTION

Delete properties from the given file.

## OPTIONS

**--colour**\[=false\]\
 	Print colourised output.

**--csv-comma**=","\
 	Comma separator to use when working with csv files.

**--csv-comment**=""\
 	Comma separator used when reading csv files.

**--csv-crlf**\[=false\]\
 	True to use CRLF when writing CSV files.

**--csv-write-comma**=""\
 	Comma separator used when writing csv files. Overrides csv-comma when writing.

**--escape-html**\[=false\]\
 	Escape HTML tags when writing output.

**-f**, **--file**=""\
 	The file to query.

**-h**, **--help**\[=false\]\
 	help for delete

**--indent**=2\
 	The indention level when writing files.

**-o**, **--out**=""\
 	The file to write output to.

**--pretty**\[=true\]\
 	Pretty print the output.

**-r**, **--read**=""\
 	The parser to use when reading.

**-s**, **--selector**=""\
 	The selector to use when querying the data structure.

**-w**, **--write**=""\
 	The parser to use when writing. Defaults to the read parser if not provided.

## SEE ALSO

**[dasel(1)](/dasel/1.md)**