# Delete History

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/delete-history/1754
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mel
**Created:** [January 7, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/delete-history/1754 "2008-01-07T16:46:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![krank](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/krank/32/150_2.png) [@krank](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/krank)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/delete-history/1754/1 "2008-01-07T16:46:36Z")

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is there a MEL command to delete the history on a selected object?

I've tried DeleteHistory; and delete -ch; but it doesn't seem to be that straight forward.

Thanks! ![]()

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### Author: ![rob-bateman](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@rob-bateman](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/rob-bateman)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/delete-history/1754/2 "2008-01-07T18:54:34Z")

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delete -ch;

it is that straightforward.

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### Author: ![krank](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/krank/32/150_2.png) [@krank](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/krank)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/delete-history/1754/3 "2008-01-07T19:30:33Z")

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thanks! there was something wrong with my script.

delete -ch worked fine. ![]()