Is it possible to interactively delete matching search pattern in Vim?

Question

There is a phrase that I want to look for in Vim. When found, I want to delete that occurrence of the phrase. What is the easiest way to cycle through all the occurrences (via <

Answer 1

The best way is probably to use:

:%s/phrase//gc

c asks for confirmation before each deletion. g allows multiple replacements to occur on the same line.

You can also just search using /phrase, select the next match with gn, and delete it with d.