Poistettu

Poistettu is a Finnish adjective and past passive participle derived from the verb poistaa, meaning to remove or to delete. It describes something that has been removed or deleted, often as a result of an action performed earlier.

In Finnish, poistettu is used as a modifying adjective and agrees with the noun in number and case. For example, poistettu tiedosto refers to a file that has been removed (singular, nominative), while poistettujen tiedostojen refers to removed files (genitive plural). The base nominative singular form is poistettu, and the surrounding forms follow standard Finnish participial declension patterns.

Common contexts for poistettu include computing and data processing to indicate that data or content has been removed, as well as everyday language to describe something that has been taken away. It also appears in legal or administrative contexts to mark items that have been struck from a list. In user interfaces or status indicators, poistettu may be shown as a label signaling that an item has been deleted.

Examples of usage include poistettu tiedosto (a file that has been removed), poistettu viesti (a deleted message), and poistettu käyttäjä (a removed user). The term is frequently encountered in documentation, software interfaces, and data management discussions, where clear communication about deletion or removal is required.

Related terms include poisto (removal) and poistetuksi, various inflected forms used to describe actions related to removal in different grammatical cases.