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<h4 class="subsection">5.1.4 Deleting Breakpoints</h4>

<p><a name="index-clearing-breakpoints_002c-watchpoints_002c-catchpoints-262"></a><a name="index-deleting-breakpoints_002c-watchpoints_002c-catchpoints-263"></a>It is often necessary to eliminate a breakpoint, watchpoint, or
catchpoint once it has done its job and you no longer want your program
to stop there.  This is called <dfn>deleting</dfn> the breakpoint.  A
breakpoint that has been deleted no longer exists; it is forgotten.

   <p>With the <code>clear</code> command you can delete breakpoints according to
where they are in your program.  With the <code>delete</code> command you can
delete individual breakpoints, watchpoints, or catchpoints by specifying
their breakpoint numbers.

   <p>It is not necessary to delete a breakpoint to proceed past it.  <span class="sc">gdb</span>
automatically ignores breakpoints on the first instruction to be executed
when you continue execution without changing the execution address.

     
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<dl><dt><code>clear</code><dd>Delete any breakpoints at the next instruction to be executed in the
selected stack frame (see <a href="Selection.html#Selection">Selecting a Frame</a>).  When
the innermost frame is selected, this is a good way to delete a
breakpoint where your program just stopped.

     <br><dt><code>clear </code><var>location</var><dd>Delete any breakpoints set at the specified <var>location</var>. 
See <a href="Specify-Location.html#Specify-Location">Specify Location</a>, for the various forms of <var>location</var>; the
most useful ones are listed below:

          <dl>
<dt><code>clear </code><var>function</var><dt><code>clear </code><var>filename</var><code>:</code><var>function</var><dd>Delete any breakpoints set at entry to the named <var>function</var>.

          <br><dt><code>clear </code><var>linenum</var><dt><code>clear </code><var>filename</var><code>:</code><var>linenum</var><dd>Delete any breakpoints set at or within the code of the specified
<var>linenum</var> of the specified <var>filename</var>. 
</dl>

     <p><a name="index-delete-breakpoints-265"></a><a name="index-delete-266"></a><a name="index-d-_0040r_007b_0028_0040code_007bdelete_007d_0029_007d-267"></a><br><dt><code>delete </code><span class="roman">[</span><code>breakpoints</code><span class="roman">]</span> <span class="roman">[</span><var>range</var><code>...</code><span class="roman">]</span><dd>Delete the breakpoints, watchpoints, or catchpoints of the breakpoint
ranges specified as arguments.  If no argument is specified, delete all
breakpoints (<span class="sc">gdb</span> asks confirmation, unless you have <code>set
confirm off</code>).  You can abbreviate this command as <code>d</code>. 
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