Index: Doc/library/tempfile.rst
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--- Doc/library/tempfile.rst	(revision 71822)
+++ Doc/library/tempfile.rst	(working copy)
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@
    .. versionadded:: 2.6
       The *delete* parameter.
 
+   .. versionadded:: 2.7
+      The *remove* method.
 
+
 .. function:: SpooledTemporaryFile([max_size=0, [mode='w+b'[, bufsize=-1[, suffix=''[, prefix='tmp'[, dir=None]]]]]])
 
    This function operates exactly as :func:`TemporaryFile` does, except that
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@
          '/var/folders/5q/5qTPn6xq2RaWqk+1Ytw3-U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmpG7V1Y0'
          >>> f.write("Hello World!\n")
          >>> f.close()
-         >>> os.unlink(f.name)
+         >>> f.remove()
          >>> os.path.exists(f.name)
          False
 
Index: Lib/tempfile.py
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--- Lib/tempfile.py	(revision 71822)
+++ Lib/tempfile.py	(working copy)
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 # Imports.
 
 import os as _os
+from os.path import isfile as _isfile
 import errno as _errno
 from random import Random as _Random
 
@@ -412,7 +413,12 @@
             self.close()
             return result
 
+    def remove(self):
+        if not _isfile(self.name):
+            return
+        _os.remove(self.name)
 
+
 def NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b', bufsize=-1, suffix="",
                        prefix=template, dir=None, delete=True):
     """Create and return a temporary file.
Index: Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
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--- Lib/test/test_tempfile.py	(revision 71822)
+++ Lib/test/test_tempfile.py	(working copy)
@@ -637,6 +637,16 @@
                 pass
         self.failUnlessRaises(ValueError, use_closed)
 
+    def test_remove(self):
+        f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+        f.close()
+        f.remove()
+        self.failIf(os.path.exists(f.name))
+        try:
+            f.remove()
+        except:
+            self.failOnException("remove")
+
     # How to test the mode and bufsize parameters?
 
 test_classes.append(test_NamedTemporaryFile)