# How to delete dataset in hdf5 file ? GPT dont know!

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 30, 2024, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-delete-dataset-in-hdf5-file-gpt-dont-know/112322 "2024-03-30T07:44:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-delete-dataset-in-hdf5-file-gpt-dont-know/112322/1 "2024-03-30T07:44:13Z")

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How to delete dataset “y” from group “male” ?

```julia
julia> fid["male"]
?? HDF5.Group: /male (file: miasta.h5)
├─ ?? x
└─ ?? y

```

Paul

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**Author:** ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-delete-dataset-in-hdf5-file-gpt-dont-know/112322/2 "2024-03-30T17:10:29Z")

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I found in [Objects · HDF5.jl](https://juliaio.github.io/HDF5.jl/stable/interface/objects/#HDF5.delete_object)  
`delete_object(fid["male/y"])`