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title: Delete records in Mobile App Builder
description: Use the Delete button to delete records in the Mobile App Builder. This button exists in the same location throughout the tool. When deleting a record, all child records are removed from the configuration tree, but they are not deleted from the database.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/mobile/mab-records-delete.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Using the Mobile App Builder, Mobile App Builder, Building tools, Building mobile apps, Mobile Platform]
---

# Delete records in Mobile App Builder

Use the **Delete** button to delete records in the Mobile App Builder. This button exists in the same location throughout the tool. When deleting a record, all child records are removed from the configuration tree, but they are not deleted from the database.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin or delegated developer

For more information about the delegated developer role, see [Delegated development and deployment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/application-development/c_DelegatedDevelopment.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Mobile** > **Mobile App Builder**.

2.  In the Mobile App Builder application scope selection screen, search and select the name of your application scope.

3.  Find the record that you want to delete in any of the following ways:

    -   Use the All mobile records category to search for your record and then select the name of the record.
    -   Drill down into the category and record type until you find your record.
4.  Select the more icon \(\[Omitted image "mab-button-more.png"\] Alt text: More button.\).

5.  Select **Delete record** and then confirm that you want to delete the record.


## Result

After confirming the delete action, the record is no longer displayed but it still remains in the database.