# Newsletter commands: update, delete

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

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

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

### Newsletter.update
Changes the given properties of a Newsletter. [Verb page](/business/nouns/newsletter/update?interface=cli).

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

Emits `Newsletter.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Newsletter. |
| `name` | `string` | No | What subscribers see it called. |
| `from` | [Mailbox](/business/nouns/mailbox) | No | The broadcast Mailbox each issue sends from. |
| `topic` | `string` | No | The topic a Contact subscribes to, recorded with their Consent. |
| `offer` | [Offer](/business/nouns/offer) | No | The Offer whose Subscription unlocks paid issues and the archive. |

**Returns**

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

**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 Newsletter.update --json '{"id":"newsletter_FLjN3aQujc","name":"Leaseline notes"}'
```

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

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

Emits `Newsletter.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 Newsletter.delete --json '{"id":"newsletter_FLjN3aQujc"}'
```