# Software programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Software.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Software. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The name of the Product. |
| `promise` | `text` | No | What the Customer can rely on. |
| `headless` | `boolean` | No | True when it ships without screens of its own. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Software.update({ id: 'software_D5qhJn6mF5', headless: true })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Software.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Software.delete({ id: 'software_D5qhJn6mF5' })"
  }
}
```