# Portal commands: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Portal.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Portal. |
| `path` | `string` | No | Where it is mounted on the Site, `/portal` by default. |
| `tools` | `string[]` | No | Developer tools a keyed Offer adds: `keys`, `usage`, `requests`, `watches`, `version` and `testMode`. |

**Returns**

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

**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 Portal.update --json '{"id":"portal_DDBhWh6mF5","path":"/"}'
```

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

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

Emits `Portal.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 Portal.delete --json '{"id":"portal_DDBhWh6mF5"}'
```