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)Summary of the most common use cases
Create a new resource and import the contents:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-gcldru
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-dfgz0z
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-j0ufsi
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Removing the resource deletes the local storage:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-esi78
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-byrvtl

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Get the contents of a resource from the data repository:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-dd0g8t
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-ed2x9e
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The content is cached locally:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-dh5btt
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After removing the local cache, the content is still available in a CloudObject:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-fke3fd
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dqwfzhcxr2-iz2cbs
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Wolfram Research (2016), ResourceRemove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html.
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Wolfram Research (2016), ResourceRemove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html.
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Wolfram Research (2016), ResourceRemove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html.
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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.
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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
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Wolfram Language. (2016). ResourceRemove. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html
BibTeX
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_resourceremove, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ResourceRemove}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html}", note=[Accessed: 26-March-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_resourceremove, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ResourceRemove}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ResourceRemove.html}, note=[Accessed: 26-March-2025
]}