**To delete a file** The following ``delete-file`` example demonstrates how to delete a file named ``README.md`` from a branch named ``main`` with a most recent commit ID of ``c5709475EXAMPLE`` in a repository named ``MyDemoRepo``. :: aws codecommit delete-file \ --repository-name MyDemoRepo \ --branch-name main \ --file-path README.md \ --parent-commit-id c5709475EXAMPLE Output:: { "blobId":"559b44fEXAMPLE", "commitId":"353cf655EXAMPLE", "filePath":"README.md", "treeId":"6bc824cEXAMPLE" } For more information, see `Edit or Delete a File in AWS CodeCommit <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/how-to-edit-file.html?shortFooter=true#how-to-edit-file-cli>`__ in the *AWS CodeCommit API Reference* guide.