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# Delete

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="1" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.get('tag').delete()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="2" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.delete('tag')
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Trash

If you set `trash`, Records will **not** be deleted, but rather moved to your trash.

#### Delete All from Trash

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.emptyTrash()
```

{% endcode %}

#### Delete from Trash

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.deleteFromTrash('tag')
```

{% endcode %}

| Parameter | About                     | Type   |
| --------- | ------------------------- | ------ |
| tag       | Tag of the trashed record | String |

#### Restore From Trash

<pre class="language-javascript" data-line-numbers><code class="lang-javascript"><strong>db.restoreFromTrash('tag')
</strong></code></pre>

| Parameter | About                     | Type   |
| --------- | ------------------------- | ------ |
| tag       | Tag of the trashed record | String |

## Close

Delete **all** records & the directory

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.close()
```

{% endcode %}

## Wipe

Delete **all** records & *preserve* the directory

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.wipe()
```

{% endcode %}

## Delete Old Records

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.deleteOld({ ms:5, seconds:5, minutes:5, hours:5, days:0})
```

{% endcode %}

Requires at least one of the options below (multiple options will stack)

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-hidden data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ms</td><td>Milliseconds</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>seconds</td><td>Seconds</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>minutes</td><td>Minutes</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>hour</td><td>Hours</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr><tr><td>days</td><td>Days</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Delete Large Records

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.deleteLarge(size)
```

{% endcode %}

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>About</th><th>Type</th><th data-hidden data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>size</td><td>Size of the file in bytes</td><td>Number</td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Safe Unlink

{% hint style="info" %}
This function is already used internally, but you can also use it yourself
{% endhint %}

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
db.safeUnlink(tag)
```

{% endcode %}


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