# Command: delete

The `fides delete` command deletes a remote resource completely from the Fides Server.

## Usage

Usage: `fides delete [args] fides_key`

The command will delete the remote resources specified by the `fides_key` from the Server.

Accepted arguments for this command are:

- **data_category**: a specific category from the taxonomy. A valid example would be `user.name`.
- **data_qualifier**: a specific qualifier from the taxonomy. A valid example would be `aggregated`.
- **data_subject**: a specific data subject from the taxonomy. A valid example is `customer`.
- **data_use**: a specific use of data from the taxonomy. A valid example is `advertising.third_party`.
- **dataset**: a dataset that represents a collection of information in a system such as the collection of tables in a postgres database.
- **evaluation**: the result of a policy evaluation check.
- **organization**: the name of the organization defined in Fides.
- **policy**: a Fides policy rule.
- **system**: a specific system resource.

## Example: Delete a specific system from the server

This example deletes the system specified by the key `postgres_database` from the server and displays all properties of the system.

```
$ fides delete system postgres_database
Loaded config from: .fides/fides.toml
{ 'message': 'resource deleted',
  'resource': { 'fides_key': 'postgres_database',
                'description': 'Fides Generated Description for RDS Instance: postgres_database',
                system-related-meta....}}
```

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