# Cascading Deletions

**URL:** <https://forums.knack.com/t/cascading-deletions/9688>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** record-management, delete-records\
**Created:** [April 10, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/cascading-deletions/9688 "2015-04-10T13:53:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![JulianKirkness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/juliankirkness/32/770_2.png) [@JulianKirkness](https://forums.knack.com/u/JulianKirkness)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/cascading-deletions/9688/21 "2022-06-30T12:09:51Z")

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OK - I promised a blog post on how to achieve this with Make - and here it is:

> **[Using Make to Perform Cascade Deletes in Knack](https://www.onlinedatabase.expert/post/using-make-to-perform-cascade-deletes-in-knack)**
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> If you have been building solutions for a while with Knack (or Airtable, or Tadabase etc) you may have come across times when you have wanted to delete a record from an Object (or table in other databases)? The problem is that when the record you...

Julian

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**Author:** ![CarlHolmes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/carlholmes/32/2814_2.png) [@CarlHolmes](https://forums.knack.com/u/CarlHolmes)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/cascading-deletions/9688/22 "2023-09-11T15:59:37Z")

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Sharing another no code method for managing cascade deletes using a simple Make scenario on a schedule.

Cascade Delete - Knack Database

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/knack/original/2X/f/ffb00626523785d7946ea2e40aba534ddeb5ec2b.jpeg "Cascade Delete - Knack Database") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBsOOYOXynU)

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**Author:** ![Peter7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@Peter7](https://forums.knack.com/u/Peter7)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/cascading-deletions/9688/23 "2023-09-19T04:33:02Z")

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Love this. I am having issues though. I have child records that show up in the secondary search module, but the outputs do not. I am wondering if it has something to do with the connection in knack. I have a complex database with more than one connection between the same tables. Would that cause issues with this model?

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**Author:** ![CarlHolmes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/carlholmes/32/2814_2.png) [@CarlHolmes](https://forums.knack.com/u/CarlHolmes)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/cascading-deletions/9688/24 "2023-09-19T14:08:42Z")

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Hi @Peter7 - I can’t answer this without seeing and diving into the scenario specifically for your application. Happy to connect at my standard hourly rate.

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