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Delete single file & folder from a Github repository

Sometimes we need to delete single file or folder in a git respository. This article shows how to do that.

Delete single file & folder from a Github repository

Sometimes we need to delete single file or folder in a git respository.

​ First of all, we use Git Bash in Windows (or Terminal in Linux, OSX).

Clone Repository

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$ git clone https://xxxx/xxx/

Remove local file & folder

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$ cd xxx/
$ git rm file.file	#remove single file
$ git rm -r folder/	#remove folder

Commit

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$ git commit -m "remove some files"

Push

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$ git push origin xxxx	#xxxx is your branch
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