# ICP commands: update, delete

URL: /code/cli/icp/records-update · Id: `page:code/cli/icp/records-update`

> The ICP Verbs update, delete as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [ICP](/business/nouns/icp), one group of [ICP commands](/code/cli/icp).

### ICP.update
Changes the given properties of an ICP. [Verb page](/business/nouns/icp/update?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do ICP.update --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `ICP.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the ICP. |
| `description` | `text` | No | Who they are and what they do. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `icp` | [ICP](/business/nouns/icp) | Yes | The ICP. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do ICP.update --json '{"id":"icp_EwhsJU4AOW","description":"Renewal tracking for up to 200 units."}'
```

### ICP.delete
Deletes an ICP: a soft delete that keeps its history, undone by `Thing.restore`. [Verb page](/business/nouns/icp/delete?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do ICP.delete --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `ICP.deleted`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the ICP. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `icp` | [ICP](/business/nouns/icp) | Yes | The ICP. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do ICP.delete --json '{"id":"icp_EwhsJU4AOW"}'
```