ResourceRemove[resource]
removes the specified resource from the system on which it is run.


ResourceRemove
Wolfram Data Repository »ResourceRemove[resource]
removes the specified resource from the system on which it is run.
Details

- ResourceRemove deletes both the locally stored content and metadata.
- For user-created resources, ResourceRemove permanently deletes the resource. For resources hosted in the public repository, only the local cache is deleted.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Create a new resource and import the contents:
Removing the resource deletes the local storage:

Get the contents of a resource from the data repository:
The content is cached locally:
After removing the local cache, the content is still available in a CloudObject:
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History
Text
Wolfram Research (2016), ResourceRemove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2016. "ResourceRemove." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2016). ResourceRemove. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_resourceremove, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ResourceRemove}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_resourceremove, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ResourceRemove}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}