SPARQLDelete
SPARQLDelete[patterntemplate]
is an update operator that can be applied to an RDFStore, which deletes data generated from template, based on solutions of matching pattern.
SPARQLDelete[pattern]
uses pattern as template.
Details and Options
- SPARQLDelete can be used in SPARQLExecute to delete data from a SPARQL endpoint.
- In SPARQLDelete[patterntemplate], template corresponds to the DELETE clause, and pattern corresponds to the WHERE clause of a SPARQL update request.
- In SPARQLDelete[pattern], pattern corresponds to the DELETE WHERE clause of a SPARQL update request.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)Summary of the most common use cases

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Specify a graph with data about fruits:

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Wolfram Research (2019), SPARQLDelete, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html.
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Wolfram Research (2019), SPARQLDelete, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html.
Wolfram Research (2019), SPARQLDelete, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2019. "SPARQLDelete." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html.
Wolfram Language. 2019. "SPARQLDelete." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2019). SPARQLDelete. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html
Wolfram Language. (2019). SPARQLDelete. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_sparqldelete, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SPARQLDelete}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html}", note=[Accessed: 03-June-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_sparqldelete, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SPARQLDelete}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GraphStore/ref/SPARQLDelete.html}, note=[Accessed: 03-June-2025
]}