# 22. Virtuoso Functions Guide - xmlStorageSystem.deleteMultipleFiles

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## xmlStorageSystem.deleteMultipleFiles

Remove files from XML Storage System Directory
structure xmlStorageSystem.deleteMultipleFiles (in email string, in password string, in relativepathList array);
Description

This method is used for removing files from the repository.

Parameters
email – For user identification, this should be a valid email account.
password – The MD5 hash of the password.
relativepathList – Array of strings of paths relative to the <user home>/blog folder in WebDAV to be deleted.
Return Types

This method returns a structure as follows:

        'flError' boolean   		0 success, 1 fault
        'message' string    		fault message (can be used to handle error cases)
        'errorList' array of string 	contains a list of errors corresponding to files
                          which cannot be removed.  Successfully deleted files have an empty string.

Examples
Using the XML Storage System to Delete Multiple Files

Simple example of removing a file.

        SQL> SOAP_CLIENT (url=>'http://localhost:6666/xmlStorageSystem', operation=>'deleteMultipleFiles',
    	 parameters=>vector ('email','user@example.domain', 'password', md5('xxx'),
    	   'relativepathList', vector ('test.txt'));

        - SOAP Response

        <deleteMultipleFilesResponse>
          <Result>
           <flError>0</flError>
           <message />
           <errorList>
    	 <item />
           </errorList>
          </Result>
        </deleteMultipleFilesResponse>

See Also

xmlStorageSystem.registerUser()

xmlStorageSystem.mailPasswordToUser()

xmlStorageSystem.getServerCapabilities()

xmlStorageSystem.saveMultipleFiles()