Example 5: Delete a record in an external source

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title: Example 5: Delete a record in an external source
description: In this example, we create a script to delete an incident record from the external source.
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# Example 5: Delete a record in an external source

In this example, we create a script to delete an incident record from the external source.

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```javascript
(function executeDelete(v_record) {

     var gr = new GlideRecord('incident');
     if (gr.get(v_record.sys_id)) {
         gr.deleteRecord();
     } else {
         v_record.setLastErrorMessage("Record not found");
     }
 })(v_record);
```

**Parent Topic:**[Create script definitions for a remote table](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/remote-tables/create-remote-table-script.md)