{"id":11056,"date":"2024-03-14T13:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-deleting-data-in-laravel\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T07:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:04:52","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-deleting-data-in-laravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-deleting-data-in-laravel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete Data in Laravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Laravel, deleting data can be achieved using the delete() method of an Eloquent model. For example, if you want to delete a record, you can use the delete() method like this:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-title class_\">User<\/span>::<span class=\"hljs-title function_ invoke__\">find<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>)-&gt;<span class=\"hljs-title function_ invoke__\">delete<\/span>();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The code above will delete the record with the id of 1 in the users table. Additionally, you can also use the destroy() method to delete multiple records.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-title class_\">User<\/span>::<span class=\"hljs-title function_ invoke__\">destroy<\/span>([<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>]);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The code above will delete the records in the users table with the IDs 1, 2, and 3. It is important to note that using the delete() method will trigger the model&#8217;s events and triggers. 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