# Delete Glide columns **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [June 30, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727 "2020-06-30T14:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shannon\_Joseph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shannon_joseph/32/7689_2.png) [@Shannon\_Joseph](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shannon_Joseph)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/1 "2020-06-30T14:38:07Z")
I am trying to clean up my glide database and I want to delete some columns. Unfortunately, so columns do not give me the option to delete them. How do you delete columns? ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/2 "2020-06-30T14:44:41Z")
Go into the google sheet and delete them ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/3 "2020-06-30T14:49:14Z")
As @Rosewebstudio has pointed out, it’s likely you have created columns that are brought over to the Sheet as well, so go to your original sheet, find them and delete it. ---
**Author:** ![Shannon\_Joseph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shannon_joseph/32/7689_2.png) [@Shannon\_Joseph](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shannon_Joseph)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/4 "2020-07-01T13:40:31Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Shannon\_Joseph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shannon_joseph/32/7689_2.png) [@Shannon\_Joseph](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Shannon_Joseph)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/5 "2020-07-01T13:40:51Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![OndieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@OndieM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/OndieM)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/6 "2020-12-18T23:52:15Z")
My columns in glideapps are not deleting although they are not in my spreadsheet. How do I delete the column? It’s like if the column is added from the glideapp database, it doesn’t sync to my spreadsheet, therefore leaving a floating and useless column. Please help ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/7 "2020-12-19T00:18:48Z")
What type of column is that? ---
**Author:** ![OndieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@OndieM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/OndieM)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/8 "2020-12-19T00:22:27Z")
It’s an If, then, else statement column ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/9 "2020-12-19T00:52:15Z")
It is a Glide calculated column so it only lives inside Glide’s editor. By clicking on the down arrow you can delete it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/0/30021f109b76cfd1d21ac116aa73da64a3e04329.png) ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_books](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablo_books/32/2110_2.png) [@Pablo\_books](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablo_books)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/10 "2020-12-19T01:45:27Z")
@OndieM @ThinhDinh I’ve noticed a big delay in deleting computed columns. Like, I delete a template column and it deletes 15 seconds later. Perhaps this is the issue you’re facing Also, since we already have the ability to add basic columns, I think we deserve the option to delete them 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/11 "2020-12-19T03:09:33Z")
I think there’s a technical limitation with the Google Sheets API, like how the delete action was only able to clear the value and not really delete the row. I assume this is the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/12 "2020-12-19T04:51:18Z")
Lol… ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_books](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablo_books/32/2110_2.png) [@Pablo\_books](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablo_books)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/13 "2020-12-19T18:46:18Z")
Does glide count the column if it has no label? ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/14 "2020-12-20T00:52:00Z")
It will always have a label. If it has no label in your sheet I assume Glide will name it “columnX”, something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/15 "2020-12-20T06:17:31Z")
> [@Pablo\_books](#): > > Also, since we already have the ability to add basic columns, I think we deserve the option to delete them 🤷‍♂️ yeah I’m not so sure I would want this. Especially as there’s no delete confirmation (“Are you sure?”) in the editor. Too easy to accidentally delete the wrong column. I think I prefer that it’s a forced deliberate action - ie. go to the sheet and do it. ---
**Author:** ![Drearystate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/drearystate/32/49605_2.png) [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/16 "2020-12-20T06:26:18Z")
I think the delete option should only be available in the editor as part of an action we create not a end user option. I think thats what Pablo is saying here. ---
**Author:** ![Pablo\_books](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablo_books/32/2110_2.png) [@Pablo\_books](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablo_books)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-glide-columns/11727/17 "2020-12-20T17:42:29Z")
That too!