The invention discloses a distributed file deletion method, which comprises the following steps: setting a mark to be deleted for each preset directory of a file system, wherein the mark to be deletedcomprises a time to be deleted; setting the preset directory whose deletion time is shorter than the current system time as the directory to be deleted every preset cycle; performing a delete operation on the data of the directory to be deleted. As that mark to be deleted are added to each preset directory, As that current system time is long than the time to be deleted, and the data under the preset directory is deleted, it can be seen that the deletion method is simple and does not require the user to pay attention to the operation, avoids the operation of manual deletion or relying on theupper application deletion when the stored data is over-aged, thereby realizing the automatic deletion of the over-aged preset directory, reducing the operation cost, and improving the customer experience. The present application also provides a distributed file deletion apparatus and system and a computer-readable storage medium, which have the above-mentioned beneficial effects.