# Deleting Entities

## delete

You can delete an entity by calling the `delete` method on it.

```javascript
var user = getInstance( "User" ).find( 1 );
user.delete();
```

{% hint style="danger" %}
The entity will still exist in any variables you have stored it in, even though it has been deleted from the database.
{% endhint %}

## deleteAll

Just like `updateAll`, you can delete many records from the database by specifying a query with constraints and then calling the `deleteAll` method.

| Name | Type  | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                    |
| ---- | ----- | -------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ids  | array | `false`  | `[]`    | An optional array of ids to add to the previously configured query.  The ids will be added to a WHERE IN statement on the primary key columns. |

Deletes matching entities according to the configured query.

```javascript
getInstance( "User" )
    .whereActive( false )
    .deleteAll();
```

Additionally, you can pass in an array of ids to `deleteAll` to delete only those ids.  Note that any previously configured constraints will still apply.

```javascript
getInstance( "User" ).deleteAll( [ 4, 10, 22 ] );
```