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# delete

Deletes one or more records.

```
CloudKit.RecordsBatchBuilder delete(
	CloudKit.Record|CloudKit.Record[] records
);
```

## Parameters

`records`

A [`CloudKit.Record`](/documentation/CloudKitJS/CloudKit.Record) dictionary representing the record to delete, if you are deleting a single record. If you are deleting multiple records, this parameter is an array of [`CloudKit.Record`](/documentation/CloudKitJS/CloudKit.Record) dictionaries. The [`CloudKit.Record`](/documentation/CloudKitJS/CloudKit.Record) dictionaries need to contain the `recordChangeTag` key.

## Return Value

The object that received this method call.

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