# Delete rows from a table

Publish / database

A variant of [Write to a database](https://meridian.online/operations/write-to-a-database).

Remove the rows of a database table that match keys or a condition.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/write-to-a-database/delete-rows-from-a-table>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#write-to-a-database)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Apache DataFusion: [`DELETE`](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/sql/dml.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`Delete database rows`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:deletedbrows) (read 2026-09-27)
- EasyMorph: [`Delete matching database rows`](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:deletedbrowsbykeys) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Delete`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/delete.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`MongoDB delete`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/mongodbdelete.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`DB Reference Row Deleter`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*4gj8N2fFpTzsyMOV?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`DB Row Deleter`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*iRBVEGhDlyyAbzwu?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- Pentaho Data Integration: [`Delete`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Delete Cassandra`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/nosql/cassandra/delete_cassandra_table.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Delete MongoDB`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/data_access/nosql/mongodb/mongodb_document_remover.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tHBaseDeleteRows`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/hbase/hbase-component) (read 2026-09-27)
