Deleting Feature Class from Geodatabase using list in ArcPy?

Question

I am trying to delete several feature classes from a file geodatabase using values stored in a user defined list.

The script runs without error but it does not delete the feature classes.

Any suggestions to what I am doing wrong (using ArcMap 10.3)?

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\Data\Temp.gdb"
fc_Delete = ["fcOut1a","fc_Out2a","fc_Out3a"]
for fc in fc_Delete:
 if arcpy.Exists(fc):
 arcpy.Delete_management(fc,"")

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Answer 1

Your code is correct, however I would remove the empty string part of the arcpy delete function.

ie:

arcpy.Delete_management(fc)