# Delete Entry

Trash an entry or permanently remove it from Gravity Forms.

![Delete Entry settings configured to move an entry to Trash](/documentation/flowcrafter/screenshots/delete-entry-settings.png)

## When to use it

Use this to clean up duplicates, temporary entries, or records already moved to another system. Prefer trash when someone may need to restore the entry.

## Settings

![Delete Entry settings with Move to Trash selected](/documentation/flowcrafter/screenshots/action-delete-entry-settings.png)

| Setting | What it controls |
| --- | --- |
| Form Source | The form that owns the entry. Flowcrafter usually detects it. |
| Entry Source | The entry to remove. It defaults to the current entry context and can point to an earlier step's entry. |
| Action | **Move to trash** (default) changes the status and remains recoverable. **Delete permanently** removes the entry, notes, meta, and uploaded files. |

## Output and branches

The step continues through one output and provides **Entry ID** and **Action** (`trashed` or `deleted`). It fails if the entry cannot be resolved or Gravity Forms cannot complete the action.

:::danger[Permanent deletion cannot be undone]
Choose **Delete permanently** only when the entry and its uploaded files are no longer needed. Use **Move to trash** or [Update Entry Status](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/actions/update-entry-status/) for a recoverable change.
:::

## Effect on other runs

Permanent deletion cancels other active runs whose original entry is the one being deleted, including queued or parked runs. The run executing this Delete Entry node is exempt for that deletion call, so it can finish its remaining steps using the captured data. Deleting another selected entry does not cancel unrelated runs.

**Move to trash** does not trigger this cancellation. The cancellation uses Gravity Forms' pre-deletion hook; direct database deletions bypass it. Completed actions are not reversed.

## Example

To clean up records already flagged as duplicates, use [Get Entries](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/actions/get-entries/) to find active entries whose review flag is `duplicate`. Connect it to [For Each](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/for-each/) and put Delete Entry on **Each Item**. Choose **Move to trash** so each duplicate remains recoverable. A Done branch can notify the team when the cleanup pass finishes.

[Deduplicate](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/deduplicate/) keeps unique items but does not expose the dropped items, so its output is not a list of duplicate entries to delete.

![Get Entries finds records flagged as duplicates, then For Each moves those records to Trash](/documentation/flowcrafter/screenshots/action-delete-entry-workflow.png)