---
title: "Delete Items"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/nosql/delete-items/
description: "Catalyst NoSQL is a fully-managed, powerful database that provides you with a non-relational, non-SQL means of data storage. This page describes the SDK method to delete items from a NoSQL table."
last_updated: 2025-06-20T10:51:48Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "NoSQL"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/nosql/introduction
  - name: "Working with Data"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/nosql/working-with-data/introduction/
  - name: "Basic Components"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/nosql/components/#basic-components
  - name: "NoSQL API"
    url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/nosql/delete-item/#DeleteItem
---

# Delete Items from NoSQL Table

You can delete items from a [NoSQL](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/nosql/introduction/) table in Catalyst by identifying them using the [primary keys](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/nosql/components/#table-keys) of the table. For instance, you use just the partition key, or a combination of the partition key and sort key of the table, to identify an item.

> **Note:** Catalyst enables you to delete a maximum of 25 items in bulk from a NoSQL table with a single SDK operation.

The delete operation is performed using the`delete_items()` method as shown in the example below. The item with the partition key `fruit` matching "apple" and the sort key `location` matching "USA" is deleted. You can also specify additional conditions for delete. Only if the item matches the condition, it will be deleted.

```python

# Delete a NoSQL item from the table by identifying it with the partition key and sort key
res = table.delete_items( {
   "keys": {
    "fruit": {
     "S": "apple"
    },
    "location": {
     "S": "USA"
    }
   }
 }),
 # Specify a condition for delete (optional)
		 "condition": {
			 "function": {
 			"function_name": "attribute_exists",
 			"args": [
 				{
 					"attribute_path": ["properties"]
 				}
 				]
		 	}
 		}
 })
print(res)
```