# Sequence commands: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Sequence.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Sequence. |
| `steps` | `json` | No | The steps, waits, and branches. |
| `exitOn` | `string` | No | The Events that end it from any step, such as a reply or a purchase. |

**Returns**

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

**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 Sequence.update --json '{"id":"sequence_H7knHGrBdP","steps":{}}'
```

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

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

Emits `Sequence.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 Sequence.delete --json '{"id":"sequence_H7knHGrBdP"}'
```