Usually means: Removes data or content permanently.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word deletes:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. deletes: Merriam-Webster
  2. deletes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deletes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Deletes, deletes: Wordnik
  5. deletes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Deletes, deletes: Wiktionary
  7. deletes: Dictionary.com
  8. deletes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. deletes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deletes: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deletes: Encyclopedia

(Note: See delete as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (delete)

verb:  (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
verb:  (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
noun:  (computing) A deletion.
noun:  (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
noun:  (computing) The delete character (U+007F or %7F).
noun:  (computing) A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer. The key also erases text from left to right, unlike the backspace key.
noun:  (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete [(computing) A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer. The key also erases text from left to right, unlike the backspace key.]
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