# Deleting Entities

## delete

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

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

> **Note:** The entity will still exist in any variables you have stored it in, even though it has been deleted from the database.

## deleteAll

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

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

Additionally, you can pass in an array of ids to `deleteAll` to delete only those ids.

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