# Are You Sure? Action

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [December 27, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057 "2023-12-27T20:43:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/1 "2023-12-27T20:43:24Z")

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Is it possible to have when a Delete Button is clicked, a notice “Are You Sure” pops up? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/2 "2023-12-27T21:04:44Z")

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Not natively but you could make your own popup. Change the action on the delete button to something like show new screen → overlay

On the new screen put “Are you sure?” Yes or No

Yes → delete  
No → go back

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/3 "2023-12-28T00:12:30Z")

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You can make it more slick using custom HTML 😉

 ![Screenshot 2023-12-27 at 7.11.39 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/e/0ee6a1e50af46fa7757ff7cf20fe41c914f6a20b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/4 "2023-12-28T01:14:44Z")

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Could you be more clearer on how to get it to work, please.

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/5 "2023-12-28T01:28:15Z")

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Which part do you have a problem with?

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/6 "2023-12-28T01:49:14Z")

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Trying to create the New Screen or Overlay

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/7 "2023-12-28T01:50:13Z")

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What are the steps?

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/8 "2023-12-28T02:01:18Z")

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1. when the delete button is clicked, show a new screen (slide in or overlay)
2. place the text component with the question “Are you sure?”, and add buttons for yes and no.
3. Add action for button No → go back, for button Yes: add custom action → delete value and go back

 ![Screenshot 2023-12-27 at 9.02.23 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/e/3e77fcb4f24f4f92511711aba90c8232dc9bc78a.png)

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/9 "2023-12-28T02:27:47Z")

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I don’t know. I have this set up but it is not working properly

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/10 "2023-12-28T02:29:09Z")

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hmmm… i would have to see it to help you… but these are very simple steps

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/11 "2023-12-28T02:29:54Z")

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Should the Are You Sure and the No and Yes buttons be on a new page?

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/12 "2023-12-28T02:30:57Z")

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new screen, that will open when you click delete button

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/13 "2023-12-28T02:32:12Z")

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Ya, I build this functionality several times in nearly every app I build (it gets very tedious).

Here’s what I do:

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/14 "2023-12-28T02:33:57Z")

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I will prepare s short video.

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/15 "2023-12-28T02:53:25Z")

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Okay. Here we go.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/8/f85c16a80a0d586cee23837589e16b36fdef7351.jpeg "Glide") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTAZFII_DbU)

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/16 "2023-12-28T02:56:50Z")

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Wow… you need to place the Are you sure… and buttons on the screen that show when you click the button…  
Delete all components from that new screen, and the are you sure? and buttons move from original screen to the new screen

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/17 "2023-12-28T03:16:42Z")

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I have a new screen but it is doing the same thing. This should not be this difficult

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/18 "2023-12-28T03:19:08Z")

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According to your video, you have the new screen when you click on the delete button. That’s good. Now you just need to place your confirmation message and two buttons on that new screen. You can remove everything else.

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/19 "2023-12-28T03:19:13Z")

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Is not 😉  
I don’t know what else to say…did you delete all components from the new screen and place the buttons there?

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/are-you-sure-action/69057/20 "2023-12-28T03:29:54Z")

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yes

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