# Deleting a Person | Documentation Center

Deleting a Person

Application Service

First, adding a new method definition to IPersonAppService interface as always:

Task DeletePerson(EntityDto input);

EntityDto is a shortcut of ABP if we only get an id value. Implementation (in PersonAppService) is very simple:

[AbpAuthorize(AppPermissions.Pages_Tenant_PhoneBook_DeletePerson)]
public async Task DeletePerson(EntityDto input)
{
    await _personRepository.DeleteAsync(input.Id);
}

We also authorized deleting a person as did before for creating a person.

We also need to define Pages_Tenant_PhoneBook_DeletePerson constant in AppPermissions and define related permission in AppAuthorizationProvider.

Controller

[Area("App")]
public class PhoneBookController : PhoneBookDemoControllerBase
{
    private readonly IPersonAppService _personAppService;

    public PhoneBookController(IPersonAppService personAppService)
    {
        _personAppService = personAppService;
    }
    
    //...
    [HttpDelete]
    public async Task DeletePerson(int key)
    {
        await _personAppService.DeletePerson(new EntityDto(key));
    }
}

View

We're changing index.cshtml view to add a button;

@using Acme.PhoneBookDemo.Web.Areas.App.Startup
@using DevExtreme.AspNet.Mvc
@{
    ViewBag.CurrentPageName = AppPageNames.Tenant.PhoneBook;
}
<div class="content d-flex flex-column flex-column-fluid" id="kt_content">
    <abp-page-subheader title="@L("PhoneBook")" description="@L("PhoneBookInfo")"></abp-page-subheader>

    <div class="@(await GetContainerClass())">
        <div class="col-12">
            <div class="card card-custom gutter-b">
                <div class="card-body">
                    @(Html.DevExtreme()
                        .DataGrid()              
                        .Editing(editing => {
                            editing.Mode(GridEditMode.Row);
                            editing.AllowAdding(true);
                    		editing.AllowDeleting(true);
                        })
                        .DataSource(d => d.Mvc()
                            .Controller("PhoneBook")
                            .LoadAction("LoadPeople")
                            .InsertAction("CreatePerson")
                    		.DeleteAction("DeletePerson")
                            .Key("id")
                        )
                        .Columns(columns =>
                        {
                            columns.Add()
                                .DataField("name")
                                .Caption(L("Name"));
                            
                            columns.Add()
                                .DataField("surname")
                                .Caption(L("Surname"));
                            
                            columns.Add()
                                .DataField("emailAddress")
                                .Caption(L("EmailAddress"));                       
                        })
                    )
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

It first shows a confirmation message when we click the delete button:

If we click Yes, it simply calls DeletePerson method of PhoneBookController.

Editing a Person