If you deleted a file from the working tree, then commit the deletion:

git commit -a -m "A file was deleted"

And push your commit upstream:

git push

if you just commit your deleted file and push. It should then be removed from the remote repo.

Use commands :

git rm /path to file name /

followed by

git commit -m "Your Comment"


git push

your files will get deleted from the repository

Git Remote repository file deletion simple solution:

git commit  (file name with path which you want to delete)  -m "file is deleted"

git push

It will work.Multiple selective file also you can delete in remote repository same way.

A simpler way

git add . -A
git commit -m "Deleted some files..."
git push origin master

-A Update the index not only where the working tree has a file matching but also where the index already has an entry. This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to match the working tree. Taken from (http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add)

If you have deleted lot of files and folders, just do this

git commit -a -m .
git push

If you pushed a file or folder before it was in .gitignore (or had no .gitignore):

• Comment it out from .gitignore
• Add it back on the filesystem
• Remove it from the folder
• git add your file && commit it
• git push

1. If you want to push a deleted file to remote

git add 'deleted file name'

git commit -m'message'

git push -u origin branch

2. If you want to delete a file from remote and locally

git rm 'file name'

git commit -m'message'

git push -u origin branch

3. If you want to delete a file from remote only

git rm --cached 'file name'

git commit -m'message'

git push -u origin branch

Visual Studio Code:

Delete the files from your Explorer view. You see them crossed-out in your Branch view. Then commit and Sync.

Be aware: If files are on your .gitignore list, then the delete "update" will not be pushed and therefore not be visible. VS Code will warn you if this is the case, though. -> Exclude the files/folder from gitignore temporarily.

The easiest thing to do is to move the file from your local directory temporarily, then commit changes to your remote repo. Then add it back to your local repo, make sure to update .gitignore so it doesn't commit to remote again

I know I am late, but what worked for me (total git newbie) was executing the following set of git commands:

git rm -r --cached .
git add .
git commit -am "Remove ignored files and resubmitting files"

To give credit where it is due, here is the link to the source.

Don't need to worry, I just tackled this issue.

Step 1: Use commit changes

$ git commit -a "files were deleted"

Step 2: Push the changes

$ git push