---
title: "Bulk Delete Rows"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/java/v1/cloud-scale/data-store/bulk-delete-rows/
description: "This page describes the method to delete rows in bulk from a table in the Data Store in your Java application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-11-19T15:07:41Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Bulk Delete Rows - API"
    url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/data-store/bulk-delete-rows/#BulkDeleteRows
  - name: "Data Store"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/introduction
---

# Bulk Delete Rows

Catalyst enables you to delete records or rows of data in bulk from a specific table in the
[Data Store](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/introduction). The table is referred by its
unique ID or name. You can obtain the table ID from Data Store or from the URL when the table is opened in the console.

The bulk delete operation can delete a maximum of 200 rows in a single operation. You can add the unique ROWIDs of the
rows to be deleted in an `ArrayList` as shown in the sample code below. You must include at least
one ROWID, and can include upto 200 ROWIDs, in the code.

The `ArrayList` is passed to the `deleteRows()` function through a
`ZCRowObject` list. The table name or table ID must be passed to
`getTableInstance()`.

#### Sample Code Snippet 

**Package Imports**

```java
import com.zc.component.object.ZCObject; 
import com.zc.component.object.ZCRowObject; 
```

```java
//Define an ArrayList and add the ROWIDs of the records to be deleted in it
ArrayList rowIdList = new ArrayList<>(); 
rowIdList.add(1028000000171815L);  // replace row id 
rowIdList.add(1028000000171810L);
rowIdList.add(1028000000171805L); 
rowIdList.add(1028000000171617L); 
rowIdList.add(1028000000171098L); 
//Pass the ArrayList to the deleteRows() function. 
//Pass the table ID or table name as a ZCObject. 
List &lt;ZCRowObject&gt; deletedRowList = ZCObject.getInstance().getTableInstance("EmpDetails").deleteRows(rowIdList);

```