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Delete All or Specific Records in a Collection

Learn how to delete all data or only specific data directly from a collection using Corvid (a.k.a. Wix Code). 

​This example shows you how to delete shape records from a collection called #Shapes. Try the example below.

Delete
#btnDeleteAll
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#iptShape
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#txtMessage
Select a shape to delete from the collection, or select delete all.
Delete All
#btnDelete
Shape
Colour
Circle
Red
Rectangle
Green
Circle
Blue
Square
Green
Triangle
Red
Circle
Blue
Square
Green
Triangle
Red
Triangle
Blue
Circle
Blue
Triangle
Green
Square
Red
Circle
Red
Circle
Red
Square
Green
Triangle
Red
Triangle
Blue
Circle
Blue
Triangle
Green
Square
Red
Circle
Red
Circle
Red
Triangle
Red
Triangle
Blue
Circle
Blue
Triangle
Green
Circle
Red
Circle
Blue
Rectangle
Green
Triangle
Red
Square
Green
Square
Green
Triangle
Red
Rectangle
Green
Circle
Blue

Add onChange event listeners to the #iptShape dropdown box. It will check that a shape has been selected before enabling the #btnDelete button. Add an onClick event listener to #btnDelete button to query and delete the selected shape records from the #Shapes collection. The #txtMessage text displays whether the delete operation has occurred.

Removing the eq shape condition from the wixData.query function will cause the btnDelete_click function to delete all records within #Shapes, not simply those which match the selected shape. Note that the delete permissions need to allow for the permissions of user which will be executing this code.

Page Code

A deleteData function is created in the Backend Code, which uses a wixData library function called truncate with a supressAuth parameter set to true - allowing anyone to delete data from the collection. Then the deleteData function can be imported to any Page Code and passed the collection/dataset name to delete i.e. truncate. Truncation deletes all the data in a dataset, but not the dataset itself. 

Note that the truncate function also clears multiple-item reference fields in collections referenced by the specified collection. For example, suppose you have a Movies collection with an Actors field that contains multiple references to items in a People collection. Truncating the Movies collection also clears the data in the corresponding multiple-item reference field in the People collection.

Backend Code

Page Code

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