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<TITLE>Removing Files from Your Workspace</TITLE>

<p>
To remove files Perforce-managed files from your workspace, select <b>Remove from workspace </b> 
from the pulldown menu on the Files tab.
<p> <B>To remove multiple files:</B> 
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  <LI>Click the <B>Files</B> tab. 
  <LI>Select the directory that contains the files that you want to remove. 
  <li>Select <B>Remove from workspace...</B> from the <b>Action</b> menu. 
  <li>Choose the files to be removed. See <a href="restrictfiles?help">Restricting 
    Files Used in Commands</a> for more information. The form also enables you 
    to preview the file removal. 
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<p> <B>To remove a single file:</B> 
<p>
<OL>
	
  <LI>Click the <B>Files</B> tab. 
  <LI>Click the file that you want to remove. 
  <li>Select <b>Remove from workspace</b> from the <b>Action</b> menu. 
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<p> Only unopened files are removed. <a href="defs?help#openedfiles">Opened files</a> 
  must be <a href="submit?help">submitted</a> or <a href="revert?help">reverted</a> 
  first before P4Web can remove them from your workspace. 
<p> If you use any other means of removing Perforce-managed files&#151;simply 
  erasing them, for example&#151;the Perforce metadata about your workspace will 
  be incorrect. To reconcile Perforce's metadata with the actual state of your 
  workspace, use the <b>Remove from workspace</b> command on files you've erased. 
  To find out which files you erased:
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  <LI>Click the <B>Files</B> tab. 
  <LI>Click the first radio button in the <B>File Filter </B>box.
	<LI>From that pulldown menu, select <b>Files missing from workspace</b>.
	<li>Click the <B>Filter</B> button.
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