# Clearing a column in a data table **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** solved\ **Created:** [August 25, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/clearing-a-column-in-a-data-table/768780 "2020-08-25T18:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![livelaughcreate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@livelaughcreate](https://community.thunkable.com/u/livelaughcreate)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/clearing-a-column-in-a-data-table/768780/1 "2020-08-25T18:40:13Z")
I created a table to save my data to. The user enters data in a list of text inputs, then thunkable saves the data to a table. On other screens, a listview displays the data (for some reason data listview wouldn’t work and the table doesn’t actually display the data, but the listview does). Then I thought that the data might be too much and the user might want to clear it, so I made a clear button. But the only delete block for data sources is to delete rows, not clear columns. Is there a way I can work around this? ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/clearing-a-column-in-a-data-table/768780/2 "2020-08-26T06:44:00Z")
I think you may need to rethink your data structure, because permanently reducing the amount of data by deleting a column is a very unusual solution, since changing the amount of data in a table is usually done using records, not columns. ---
**Author:** ![livelaughcreate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@livelaughcreate](https://community.thunkable.com/u/livelaughcreate)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/clearing-a-column-in-a-data-table/768780/3 "2020-08-26T11:41:53Z")
Yes, I decided to display the data in a different way, I couldn’t think of much else. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/clearing-a-column-in-a-data-table/768780/4 "2024-11-08T12:24:36Z")