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# Examples
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* Delete a specific store path:
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```console
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# nix store delete /nix/store/yb5q57zxv6hgqql42d5r8b5k5mcq6kay-hello-2.10
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```
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# Description
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This command deletes the store paths specified by [*installables*](./nix.md#installables),
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but only if it is safe to do so; that is, when the path is not
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reachable from a root of the garbage collector. This means that you
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can only delete paths that would also be deleted by `nix store
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gc`. Thus, `nix store delete` is a more targeted version of `nix store
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gc`.
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With the option `--ignore-liveness`, reachability from the roots is
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ignored. However, the path still won't be deleted if there are other
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paths in the store that refer to it (i.e., depend on it).
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)""
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