An example file called 'list.txt' may contain the following:

/tmp/jar.png
/mike/www/*
/var/www/html/test.php

To remove them simply enter:

for f in $(cat list.txt); do
  rm $f
done

Or if you don't have any patterns, then it can be done using xargs:

xargs rm < list.txt

du -hd1 (-h human readable, -d1 depth 1-level)