Delete 1 precise Excel file from folder

[Francois Durant]

Hi,

I would like to delete the existing results contained in an excel file every time I run the program. I was previously using the option "replace" but I'm not combining the excel export with a loop so I would need to delete the file before entering the loop. Any idea?

Here is what I was using before:

sysuse auto, clear
    
export excel using sample.xls , firstrow(variables) replace datestring("%tq") sheet(sample_export)

[William Lisowski]

Consider using the erase command.