How to Delete Products programmatically in Magento 2

When you need to remove a product from your Magento 2 store you can Delete products programmatically in Magento 2.

Step 1:

Create one file product_remove.php in the Magento root directory then add the below code.

<?php
use Magento\Framework\AppInterface;
try
{
require_once __DIR__ . '/app/bootstrap.php';
}
catch (\Exception $e)
{
echo 'Autoload error: ' . $e->getMessage();
exit(1);
}
try
{
$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);
$objectManager = $bootstrap->getObjectManager();
$appState = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Framework\App\State');
$appState->setAreaCode('frontend');
$productRepository = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Catalog\Model\ProductRepository');
$registry = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Framework\Registry');
$registry->register('isSecureArea', true);
//There are two ways to remove products using SKU or product id.
// using sku to remove product
$sky="your sku here";
$productRepository->deleteById($sky);
//using product id to remove product
$product_id = 1; //here your product id
$product = $productRepository->getById($product_id);
$productRepository->delete($product);
echo $sky." Your Product Remove Successfully.";
}
catch(\Exception $e)
{
print_r($e->getMessage());
}

<?php

use Magento\Framework\AppInterface;

try

{

require_once __DIR__ . '/app/bootstrap.php';

}

catch (\Exception $e)

{

echo 'Autoload error: ' . $e->getMessage();

exit(1);

}

try

{

$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);

$objectManager = $bootstrap->getObjectManager();

$appState = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Framework\App\State');

$appState->setAreaCode('frontend');

$productRepository = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Catalog\Model\ProductRepository');

$registry = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Framework\Registry');

$registry->register('isSecureArea', true);

//There are two ways to remove products using SKU or product id.

// using sku to remove product

$sky="your sku here";

$productRepository->deleteById($sky);

//using product id to remove product

$product_id = 1; //here your product id

$product = $productRepository->getById($product_id);

$productRepository->delete($product);

echo $sky." Your Product Remove Successfully.";

}

catch(\Exception $e)

{

print_r($e->getMessage());

}

Step 2:

After adding the above code run like

https://yourdomain/product_remove.php/

Conclusion

You can now remove/Delete Product programmatically in Magento 2 and keep your products catalog up-to-date.