Delete objects without retrieving them

[mohamed belhassen]

Hi there,

I wonder why in Parse, we have to retrieve objects using find before deleting them. 

Is there a way to delete objects based on criteria of some fields of the object.

I am interested in the case where the app is not aware about the ID of the objects to delete.

[nat...@back4app.com]

Hi Mohamed,

thanks for reaching out!

If you don't know the object Id that you would like to delete, at the moment, you need to search for the value in the database first before deleting it. As exemplified at the following code:

var query = new Parse.Query('table'); 
query.equalTo('delete_me', 1); 

query.find().then(function(results) {
 return Parse.Object.destroyAll(results); 
}).then(function() { 
  // Done 
}, function(error) { 
  // Error 
});

If you are facing any problem, please let us know!

Regards,