# Delete Row action!

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589 "2021-01-01T22:47:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Jacktools\_Net](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacktools_net/32/18500_2.png) [@Jacktools\_Net](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jacktools_Net)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/1 "2021-01-01T22:47:27Z")

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I can set an image to every button but not to the auto generated delete button.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/9/c954f38d27a7efdd539d3a7305abdfac9b8f7db1.png)

Perhaps a global setting would be a good place for that option.

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**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:** [January 1, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/2 "2021-01-01T23:59:57Z")

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Try ‘Set Column’ with ‘clear value’ for all your columns.

This won’t, however, delete the row ID, and Glide will still count that row.

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**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:** [January 2, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/3 "2021-01-02T00:04:18Z")

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A sort of workaround for this is to use a unique ID generator on the creation of new columns so that would be seen as a deletable one.

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**Author:** ![Jacktools\_Net](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacktools_net/32/18500_2.png) [@Jacktools\_Net](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jacktools_Net)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/4 "2021-01-02T09:36:09Z")

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Hmm I hope this screenshot will clarify my request:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/4/8461348ad95e0e871fd18899257bf5ca80ef28ba.png)

I can’t set the icon for buttons that added automatically like the delete button when I click the checkbox “allow deleting by user”

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**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:** [January 2, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/5 "2021-01-02T11:16:37Z")

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So you don’t want the pencil button?

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**Author:** ![Jacktools\_Net](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacktools_net/32/18500_2.png) [@Jacktools\_Net](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jacktools_Net)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/6 "2021-01-02T11:38:15Z")

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No i want that i can choose an icon for the delete button

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**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:** [January 2, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/7 "2021-01-02T11:48:02Z")

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Ah I get you. So in the edit action, the automatically added delete button can’t be configured, is that correct?

I want to configure it as well, but more the label than the icon.

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**Author:** ![Jacktools\_Net](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jacktools_net/32/18500_2.png) [@Jacktools\_Net](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jacktools_Net)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/8 "2021-01-02T13:17:49Z")

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Yes that is correct. Icon label and a different color would be great.

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**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:** [January 2, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/9 "2021-01-02T19:06:54Z")

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Actually, the ability to define what ‘item’ is would be better. i.e. a user is not an item

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**Author:** ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/10 "2021-03-10T16:14:08Z")

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Shipped! [Delete Row Action](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/24062/2)

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**Author:** ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delete-row-action/20589/11 "2021-03-10T16:14:13Z")

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