# Java delete dql

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/java-delete-dql/14122>\
**Category:** Documentation\
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/java-delete-dql/14122 "2021-05-12T07:37:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@wolf](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/java-delete-dql/14122/1 "2021-05-12T07:37:24Z")

</div>

my code is :

```auto
        DgraphProto.Mutation mu = DgraphProto.Mutation.newBuilder().build();
        mu = Helpers.deleteEdges(mu, "0x9a3", "biz_constraint.actions");
        DgraphProto.Response response = client.newTransaction().mutate(mu);

```

Can you tell me where is the error

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MichelDiz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/micheldiz/32/11873_2.png) [@MichelDiz](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/MichelDiz)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/java-delete-dql/14122/2 "2021-05-12T20:49:00Z")

</div>

Are you using `.setCommitNow(true)`? or `txn.commit()` in a transaction?