  Suppose we are given two identical copies of an unknown quantum state and we
wish to delete one copy from among the given two copies. The quantum
no-deletion principle restricts us from perfectly deleting a copy but it does
not prohibit us from deleting a copy approximately. Here we construct two types
of a universal quantum deletion machine which approximately deletes a copy such
that the fidelity of deletion does not depend on the input state. The two types
of universal quantum deletion machines are (1) a conventional deletion machine
described by one unitary operator and (2) a modified deletion machine described
by two unitary operators. Here it is shown that modified deletion machine
deletes a qubit with fidelity 0.75, which is the maximum limit for deleting an
unknown quantum state. In addition to this we also show that the modified
deletion machine retains the qubit in the first mode with average fidelity 0.77
(approx.) which is slightly greater than the fidelity of measurement for two
given identical state, showing how precisely one can determine its state [13].
We also show that the deletion machine itself is input state independent i.e.
the information is not hidden in the deleting machine, and hence we can delete
the information completely from the deletion machine.
