## Purpose
Deletes data from a table of a data container.
## Syntax
```mermaid
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flowchart TD
deleteStatement_start((START))
deleteStatement_start --> deleteStatement_0_0[DELETE]:::quoted
deleteStatement_0_0 --> deleteStatement_0_2
deleteStatement_0_0 --> deleteStatement_0_1[executionHints]
deleteStatement_0_1 --> deleteStatement_0_2[FROM]:::quoted
deleteStatement_0_2 --> deleteStatement_0_3[tableSpec]
deleteStatement_0_2 --> deleteStatement_0_4
deleteStatement_0_3 --> deleteStatement_0_4[whereClause]
deleteStatement_0_3 --> deleteStatement_0_5
deleteStatement_0_4 --> deleteStatement_0_5[limitClause]
deleteStatement_0_5 --> deleteStatement_end((END))
```