# Deleting rows from glide table

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/deleting-rows-from-glide-table/68649>\
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**Created:** [December 13, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/deleting-rows-from-glide-table/68649 "2023-12-13T05:49:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/deleting-rows-from-glide-table/68649/1 "2023-12-13T05:49:18Z")

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On a screen, I have a counter for total rows & a delete button. I am testing deleting all sample data rows approx 3000. Each row has approx 30 basic columns so its not a huge table.

At the first click of the button, the number of remaining rows changed to 0 immediately.

(I knew this was not right, so I closed the app and opened again and the number went back up quickly to near 3000)

the delete is very slow, I would assume since its a glide table it would be way faster. the counter is going down only a few rows a time, this is going to take more than a few minutes.

any suggestions or advice on deleting, is deleting rows via API faster or more secure?