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title: "Delete"
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sidebarTitle: "Delete"
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description: "DELETE FROM ... WHERE: rows are marked, not erased."
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icon: trash
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keywords: ["delete", "sql"]
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---
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<Badge color="red">Enterprise</Badge> [SQL runs in LanceDB Enterprise.](/sql)
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```sql
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DELETE FROM documents WHERE created_at < TIMESTAMP '2025-01-01 00:00:00'
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```
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Compare a timestamp column with a typed literal, as above, or with
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`CAST('2025-01-01' AS TIMESTAMP)`. A bare string such as `'2025-01-01'` is
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rejected in a `DELETE` predicate, even though a `SELECT` accepts it.
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Deletion marks rows rather than erasing them, so the data remains recoverable
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for as long as the version holding it survives
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[retention](/maintenance/cleanup).
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Commits a new table version, so [versioning](/management/table#versioning) and
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the [write guarantees](/basics/guarantees#writes) apply, including that the
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version advances even when the statement affects zero rows.
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## What to read next {#next}
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<Card title="Delete" icon="trash" href="/ingestion/delete">
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The SDK equivalent.
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</Card>
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