# server.Server.deleteBuffer

- **Module:** server
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/073b9d7dedad900bff6f5ec0ea47794e40225870/packages/libtmux/src/server.ts#L1480
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-deletebuffer/

```
deleteBuffer(name: string): Promise<void>
```

Discard a named paste buffer.

Requires tmux 3.4 or newer. Earlier releases can discard an unrelated
buffer when the named one is missing, so they raise
[`VersionTooLowError`](/en/ts/latest/reference/errors-versiontoolowerror/) and discard nothing.

## Examples

```ts
await server.deleteBuffer("greeting");
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `deleteBuffer`.

- [`delete-buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/delete-buffer/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_delete_buffer_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_delete_buffer_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_set_buffer_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-set-buffer-c-cmd_set_buffer_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Delete a paste buffer

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.delete_buffer`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-delete_buffer/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Server#delete_buffer`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-delete_buffer/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.Server:delete_buffer`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-server-delete_buffer/) (method) |
| Rust | [`server.Server.delete_buffer`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-delete_buffer/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Server.DeleteBuffer`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-deletebuffer/) (method) |
| Java | no equivalent on `Server` |
| C# | [`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.DeleteAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxbuffers-deleteasync/) (method) |
| C++ | no equivalent on `Server` |
| Swift | [`Server.deleteBuffer(named:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-deletebuffer(named-)/) (method) |

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Kotlin, Scala or F#.