Thread: I want to delete node

I tried to delete the second node in list

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

struct Node
{
  int data;
  struct Node *next;
};
  int main()
{
  struct Node* head = NULL;
  struct Node* second = NULL;
  struct Node* third = NULL;

  head  = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
  second = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
  third  = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
 
  head->data = 1;     
  printf(" %d ", head->data);
  head->next = second; 
 
  second->data = 2;     
  printf(" %d ", second->data);
  
  second->next = third;
  
  free(second);
 
  third->data = 3;   
  printf(" %d ", third->data);
  third->next = NULL;

  return 0;
}

1 2 3

free(second);

but It doesn't delete