削除

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 削除, read さくじょ, means removing unwanted material from text or data.
• Basic usage: It is used for deleting photographs from a device or removing a sentence from a draft.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Focus compared with 省く
  • 削除 focuses on deleting existing content; 省く focuses on leaving out parts of an explanation or procedure. The two can have similar meanings in editing.