# libtmux.Server.delete_buffer

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/server.py#L1873
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-server-delete_buffer/

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

```
libtmux.Server.delete_buffer(
    self, buffer_name: str | None = None
) -> None
```

Delete a paste buffer via [`$ tmux delete-buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/delete-buffer/).

## Examples

```python
>>> server.set_buffer('to_delete', buffer_name='del_buf')
>>> server.delete_buffer(buffer_name='del_buf')
```

## Parameters

- `buffer_name` (`str | None`): Name of the buffer to delete (``-b`` flag). Defaults to the most
recent.

## In other ports

### Delete a paste buffer

- 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)
- TypeScript: [`server.Server.deleteBuffer`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-deletebuffer/) (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)
- C#: [`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.DeleteAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxbuffers-deleteasync/) (method)
- Swift: [`Server.deleteBuffer(named:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-deletebuffer(named-)/) (method)