> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.codemash.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.codemash.io/api/database/collections/delete.md).

# Delete

Use this API method when you want to find one document by a specified filter or id and delete it. If many documents are found, only the first one will be deleted.

{% openapi src="/files/xbBaDgC6opDYR2pG5sLT" path="/{version}/db/{CollectionName}/{Id}" method="delete" expanded="true" %}
[openapi.json](https://760328771-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LwSkuCpTNI_AerL8J2a%2Fuploads%2FCpzJktmKXD6FMPSah1nK%2Fopenapi.json?alt=media\&token=854cdd6a-61b2-49a5-99f4-6bc091e5c3d6)
{% endopenapi %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title=".NET" %}

```csharp
var client = new CodeMashClient(apiKey, projectId);
var service = new CodeMashRepository<Person>(client);

await service.DeleteOneAsync(
    x => x.Id == "record_id"
);
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Check the information about [entities](broken://pages/-M-6_vT8PDXfwQxGKlF9) on how your filter parameters are mapped.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node" %}

```javascript
import { db } from 'codemash';

export async function deleteEmployee(id) {
    return await db.deleteRecord('employees', { _id: id });
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
use Codemash\CodemashClient;
use Codemash\CodemashDb;

class CodemashService
{
    protected CodemashDb $codemashDb;
    protected string $collectionName = '{YOUR_COLLECTION_NAME}';

    public function __construct()
    {
        $secretKey = '{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}';
        $projectId = '{YOUR_PROJECT_ID}';

        $client = new CodemashClient($secretKey, $projectId);
        $this->codemashDb = new CodemashDb($client);
    }

    public function deleteOne()
    {
        $responseData = $this->codemashDb->deleteOneWithFilter([
        	'collectionName' => 'employees',
        	'filter' => [
        		'email' => 'john@example.com',
        	],
        ]);
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
Check the docs on how to form [filters](/other-topics/list-parameters/filter.md).
{% endhint %}


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