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DELETE
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DELETE is used to delete rows that meet conditions from a table.

Common Syntax
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.. code-block:: text

   DELETE [IGNORE]
   FROM tbl_name [WHERE where_condition]

Syntax Restrictions
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-  The WHERE clause does not support subqueries, including correlated and non-correlated subqueries.
-  Data in reference tables cannot be deleted when multiple tables are deleted at a time.