# Setting programs: update, delete

URL: /code/mcp/setting/records-update · Id: `page:code/mcp/setting/records-update`

> The Setting Verbs update, delete as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Setting](/business/nouns/setting), one group of [Setting programs](/code/mcp/setting).

### Setting.update
Changes the given properties of a Setting. [Verb page](/business/nouns/setting/update?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Setting.update(input)
```

Emits `Setting.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Setting. |
| `key` | `string` | No | The name of the choice. |
| `value` | `json` | No | The chosen value. |
| `locked` | `boolean` | No | True when no holder below may override it. |

**Returns**

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

**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**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Setting.update({ id: 'setting_mfZPXxFQYD', value: {} })"
  }
}
```

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

```text
do: return await $.Setting.delete(input)
```

Emits `Setting.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Setting.delete({ id: 'setting_mfZPXxFQYD' })"
  }
}
```