---
title: "Task ps-upload-delete (obsolete)"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/version_5/ant_tasks/task_ps-upload-delete.html
last_updated: 2026-08-11T16:09:24+10:00
tokens: ~718
---

# Task ps-upload-delete

Used in upload processing scripts to delete documents in the Loading Zone for the current user in the specified group.

> **Obsolete:** This task has been removed as of PageSeeder v6. Use [Task loadingzone-delete](../../../guide/publishing/ant_api/tasks/task_loadingzone-delete.md) instead.

## Definition

```xml

   <ps:ps-upload-delete
            group="[groupName]"
            path="[path]"
            jsessionid="[jsessionid]"
            port="[port]"
            host="[host]"
            siteprefix="[siteprefix]"
            servletprefix="[servletprefix]"
            output="[output]"/>
```

## Attributes

| **Attribute** | Description | Required |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **jsessionid** | The `@jsessionid` attribute (optional) is used for authentication. It is not required but it will always be used if specified. | Yes, unless **username/password** or **propertiesfile** are specified |
| **username** | If `@jsessionid` attribute is not specified this can be used for authentication. | Yes, unless **jsessionid** or **propertiesfile** are specified |
| **password** | If `@jsessionid` attribute is not specified this can be used for authentication. | Yes, unless **jsessionid** or **propertiesfile** are specified |
| **propertiesfile** | The `@propertiesfile` attribute (optional) describes the location of the properties file to use to connect to the PageSeeder Server. The value of the attribute can be the full path of the file, the relative path (the base directory is the location of the Ant script) or simply its name, in which case it MUST be located on the classpath. | Yes, unless **(jsessionid** or **username/password)** and **host** are specified |
| **port** | The port address of the PageSeeder Server - default: 80 *(used when no properties file is specified)* | No |
| **host** | The host name of the PageSeeder Server *(used when no properties file is specified)* | Yes, unless **propertiesfile** is specified |
| **siteprefix** | The PageSeeder site prefix defined - default: /ps *(used when no properties file is specified)* | No |
| **servletprefix** | The PageSeeder servlet prefix defined - default: /servlet *(used when no properties file is specified)* | No |
| **group** | The name of the group the Loading Zone is in. | Yes |
| **path** | The `@path` attribute is the path in the Loading Zone of the file to be deleted (not URL encoded). | Yes |
| **output** | Location of the output file. This is meaningful only when the path to download points to a folder (ends with "/"). The output file will contain the list of URIs downloaded. | No |

## Examples

```xml

<ps:ps-upload-delete
  group="${ps-groupName}" path="${ps-uploadPath}" user="${ps-username}"
  jsessionid="${ps-jsessionid}" host="${ps-host}" port="${ps-port}"
  servletPrefix="${ps-servletPrefix}" sitePrefix="${ps-sitePrefix}" />

```