Delete area using Rectangular Marquee Tool

Hi Sir/Mdm,
I was wondering why I cannot delete an specific area using Rectangular Marquee Tool. I have dragged the Rectangular Marquee Tool to define an area then I hit the "Del" key on the keyboard. I was prompted with the "Fill->Contents> dialog box. Pls advise and thanks in advance.

What do you want to accomplish by "Delete"?
If you have a Background (no layers) then you can only fill it with pixels, as Background cannot have transparency.  You can cause a fill of the background color (as shown in the background swatch in the Tools panel) without a prompt by holding the Control key down when pressing Delete.
The menu gives you access to a number of other useful fill options for a Background, such as Content Aware Fill.
To make a Background into a Layer, which can support transparency, double click the Background in the Layers panel, then confirm the dialog.  Pressing Delete with a part of a non-background layer selected will simply make the selected part transparent.
-Noel

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