# DEL

> [HTML Version](del_lit.htm)

_Rewritten May 2023_

**DEL <spec> \{switches\}**

DEL deletes a module from user memory. Modules are loaded into memory either explicitly by the LOAD command (which see for more details about user memory), or implicitly, as the result of running a program.

**Parameters**

_spec_

specifies the name.ext of the module. Note that modules loaded into user memory do not have device or PPN attributes. The wildcard \* may be used for either the name or extension; a single \* by itself is equivalent to \*.\*

**Switches**

_/unlock_ or_ /force_

clears the lock flag (set by the LOAD /lock switch), allowing the module to be deleted

**Example**

**.LOAD BAS:CSV2XL.SBX**

**.LOAD DSK2:RUNSBX.SBX\[200,1\]**

**.LOAD SYS:COPY.LIT/LOCK**

**.MAP**

PCTDVG.IFX           652    P

CSV2XL.SBX        117894    P

RUNSBX.SBX           120    P

COPY.LIT           31932    LP

Free             4290755



**.DEL**

PCTDVG.IFX

CSV2XL.SBX

RUNSBX.SBX



**.DEL COPY.\*/UNLOCK**

COPY.LIT



In the above example, we used LOAD to load three modules, one of them with the /LOCK option, and then displayed them with the MAP command. The PCVTDV.IFX module was already in memory. The DEL \* command deleted all but the locked module, while the second DEL command with the /UNLOCK switch deleted it.

**See Also:**

•	[LOAD.LIT](load_lit.htm.md): load modules into memory

•	[MAP.LIT](map_lit.htm.md): display memory modules and memory available

•	[MEMORY.LIT](memory_lit.htm.md): change memory size

•	[MX\_USRDEL](mx_usrdel.htm.md)[xs](keyword-types.htm.md): delete memory modules from with application