# libtmux:delete-buffer

- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Common Lisp
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-lisp/blob/c2e5fc4ed3befda21f45dfa5d5868c38fd138311/src/buffers.lisp#L146
- **Public owner:** libtmux
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/lisp/latest/reference/libtmux-delete-buffer/

```
(delete-buffer client &key name cancel-token timeout output-limit)
```

Delete the literal named buffer, or the current top buffer; return an outcome.
Named deletion requires a live tmux 3.4+ daemon because 3.3a can delete the top
buffer when the supplied name is missing. On 3.3a, an explicit NAME signals
UNSUPPORTED-CAPABILITY before payload dispatch; omission still deletes the top
buffer. A name identifies the buffer at dispatch, not an earlier incarnation.
Signals an operational condition on failure; never retries an unknown deletion.

## Parameters

- `client`
- `name?`
- `cancel-token?`
- `timeout?`
- `output-limit?`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `delete-buffer`.

- [`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)

## Guides

Pages that discuss `delete-buffer`.

- [Explicit operations](/en/lisp/latest/guides/operations/)