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# Delete object
 Deletes an object from the cloud drive


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`Function DeleteObject(Val Token, Val Path, Val Irrecoverable = False) Export`

 | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Destination |
 |-|-|-|-|
 | Token | --token | String | Token |
 | Path | --path | String | Path to the object to delete |
 | Irrecoverable | --permanently | String | Delete object without the possibility of recovery |

 
 Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - serialized JSON response from Dropbox

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```bsl title="Code example"
 Path = "/New/pic.png";
 Token = "sl.B2ieEHcB9I9BTwJFjbf_MQtoZMKjGYgkpBqzQkvBfuSz41Qpy5r3d7a4ax22I5ILWhd9KLbN5L...";
 
 Result = OPI_Dropbox.DeleteObject(Token, Path);
```
	


```sh title="CLI command example"
 
 oint dropbox DeleteObject --token "sl.B2ieEHcB9I9BTwJFjbf_MQtoZMKjGYgkpBqzQkvBfuSz41Qpy5r3d7a4ax22I5ILWhd9KLbN5L..." --path %path% --permanently %permanently%

```

```json title="Result"
 {
 "metadata": {
 ".tag": "file",
 "name": "pic.png",
 "path_lower": "/new/pic.png",
 "path_display": "/New/pic.png",
 "id": "id:kJU6-a-pT48AAAAAAAABYA",
 "client_modified": "2024-05-30T12:32:09Z",
 "server_modified": "2024-05-30T12:32:48Z",
 "rev": "619ab108e3d3dbd841553",
 "size": 2114023,
 "is_downloadable": true,
 "content_hash": "0f3b18c255b0f252bd326cacc04c15c3aa57bd6b8234adb65aa7bb2987a65492"
 }
}
```