# System commands: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `System.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the System. |
| `job` | `string` | No | The one job it does. |

**Returns**

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

**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 System.update --json '{"id":"system_uGWze2jvrp","job":"Example job"}'
```

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

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

Emits `System.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 System.delete --json '{"id":"system_uGWze2jvrp"}'
```