Deleting and renaming files using ftplib is mercifully simple by comparison. The delete() method takes only a filename and attempts to delete the given file on the server. The rename() method takes only a source and destination, and attempts to rename the source to the destination name.
Naturally, the success of either method depends on the permissions granted to the login account used.
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