# Bulk Deleting of Data

**URL:** <https://forum.odk-x.org/t/bulk-deleting-of-data/692>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.odk-x.org/t/bulk-deleting-of-data/692 "2020-05-13T19:07:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmps2018](https://odkx.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.odk-x.org/elmps2018/32/105_2.png) [@elmps2018](https://forum.odk-x.org/u/elmps2018)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.odk-x.org/t/bulk-deleting-of-data/692/6 "2020-05-18T13:10:43Z")

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Ah, I think the issue is that you are using the aggregate syntax to update. Try using Suitcase and delete as in this post:

> [@Using Suitcase to add and update observations?](https://forum.odk-x.org/t/using-suitcase-to-add-and-update-observations/301/3):
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> Hi Caroline, The option for uploading data using Suitcase is update. This feature is only available from the command line. To use the update function of Suitcase, invoke the Suitcase jar with the -update switch. For example, If I have the following server configuration Server Address [https://odk.example.com](https://odk.example.com) App Id default Username admin Password mySecurePassword123 And I want to update the table with table id household using data stored in a CSV located at /home/user/hous…

This shows how to delete using suitcase.

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