---
name: unlink
status: documented
runtime: pp
source: src/runtime/pp/filemod.rs
---
```{index} single: unlink; Perl built-in (pp runtime)
```

# unlink

## Synopsis

```perl
unlink $file;
my $count = unlink @files;
unlink or die "Cannot unlink $_: $!";   # uses $_
unlink glob("*.bak");
```

## Description

Deletes one or more files from the filesystem.

Deletes a list of files. If called with no arguments (empty list
after pushmark, or no mark at all), defaults to `$_`. Returns the
number of files successfully deleted. Does not delete directories
(use `rmdir` for that). Uses `std::fs::remove_file`.

## See also

rename, link, rmdir