Delete an entity.

## Explore further


For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

- [Entities, Properties, and Keys](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/entities)

## Code sample

### C#


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode C# API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Datastore.V1/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    _db.Delete(_sampleTask.Key);

### Go


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Go API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/go/docs/reference/cloud.google.com/go/datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    key := datastore.NameKey("Task", "sampletask", nil)
    err := client.Delete(ctx, key)

### Java


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Java API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest/history).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    datastore.delete(taskKey);

### PHP


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode PHP API
reference documentation](https://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-php/#/docs/cloud-datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    $datastore->delete($taskKey);

### Python


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Python API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    from google.cloud import https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest

    # For help authenticating your client, visit
    # https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started
    client = https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest.https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html()

    key = client.https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_key("Task", "sampleTask")
    client.https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_delete(key)

### Ruby


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Ruby API
reference documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    # task_name = "sampleTask"
    task_key = datastore.key "Task", task_name
    datastore.delete task_key

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