# Noun commands: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Noun.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Noun. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The singular, capitalized name. |
| `properties` | `json` | No | Its properties, each with a name, a type, and whether it is required. |
| `publishedIn` | [Version](/business/nouns/version) | No | The first published Version that serves it; from then on, edits go through a Change and `delete` refuses. |

**Returns**

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

**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 Noun.update --json '{"id":"noun_v0akLUrXCN","name":"Leaseline"}'
```

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

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

Emits `Noun.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 Noun.delete --json '{"id":"noun_v0akLUrXCN"}'
```