# Bulk Delete Activities - how to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Data Hub\ **Tags:** workflow-extension, data-quality-automation\ **Created:** [November 15, 2023, 7:43am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047 "2023-11-15T07:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSterkenburg](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/psterkenburg/32/26354_2.png) [@PSterkenburg](https://community.hubspot.com/u/PSterkenburg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 7:43am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047/1 "2023-11-15T07:43:20Z")
Hi all! We have an integration that created a lot of noise, by creating a lot of Notes, with a note body with a certain string. I want to delete all those Notes, but I have challenges: 1. I cannot "select all the Notes with the string “xyz” anywhere. Neither Lists nor Workflow triggers can be based on an Activity 2. I tried Insycle, a data management tool we use, but that also cannot find Activities 3. I tried to build a Custom Coded Workflow, but also there I can only start the work from Company level. I am stuck, and also feel this is a prime candidate for a feature request, but maybe someone has any ideas? FYI we are on Enterprise, and I am SuperAdmin ---
**Author:** ![Berangere](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/berangere/32/220784_2.png) [@Berangere](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Berangere)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047/2 "2023-11-16T08:22:29Z")
Hi @PSterkenburg, I love to read this post, thanks for asking the Community! You want to bulk delete the notes in HubSpot. Please correct me if that’s not the case. I checked for you and you can bulk delete notes via API (see the thread below). Here is the documentation about it: “[Delete notes](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/notes#delete-notes)”. I also would like to share these similar threads that can help you: - The solution from @karstenkoehler on this post “[The Bulk delete Notes from Companies](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/CRM/Bulk-delete-Notes-from-Companies/m-p/557292)” - You can upvote for the idea mentioned by @JessicaH on this post “[Bulk delete empty notes](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/CRM/Bulk-delete-empty-notes/m-p/336237)” - The solution from @jpsanchez on this post “[Quick/simple way to delete all Contact Notes for all Contacts?](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/APIs-Integrations/Quick-simple-way-to-delete-all-Contact-Notes-for-all-Contacts/m-p/673839)” I hope this helps! **If anybody else has anything to add and/or share, please feel free to join in the conversation** 🙂 Have a fantastic day! Best, Bérangère ---
**Author:** ![PSterkenburg](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/psterkenburg/32/26354_2.png) [@PSterkenburg](https://community.hubspot.com/u/PSterkenburg)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047/3 "2023-11-16T08:29:24Z")
Thank you [@BérangèreL](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/230185) - very kind! I did find that API route as well, but it means finding resources to do it, and planning it in, etc etc. It would be a whole lot easier if it could be done out of the box. I will definitely upvote that idea, and contact our CSM as well. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![Berangere](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/berangere/32/220784_2.png) [@Berangere](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Berangere)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047/4 "2023-11-16T14:41:33Z")
Hi @PSterkenburg, It’s my pleasure to help! Thanks for your valuable feedback, I will share it internally to bring more visibility to this topic. I also wanted to invite a couple of subject matter experts to this conversation: Hi @danmoyle, [@Mike\_Eastwood](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/9259) and @mangelet, can you think of workarounds for this, to help @PSterkenburg, please? **If anybody else has anything to add and/or share, please feel free to join in the conversation 🙂** Thank you very much 🌟 and have a great day! Best, Bérangère ---
**Author:** ![danmoyle](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/danmoyle/32/91166_2.png) [@danmoyle](https://community.hubspot.com/u/danmoyle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047/5 "2023-11-17T20:22:56Z")
No workaround I’ve seen, sorry. The ideas forum and the API are the only solutions I know of. Sorry @PSterkenburg ! ---
**Author:** ![LewTalon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eada6e/32.png) [@LewTalon](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LewTalon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047/6 "2023-11-29T19:58:36Z")
If you have the HubSpot operations hub, you could just create a custom code action within a workflow that would delete all the notes using the API. We’ve done the same thing to bulk delete old tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Lauralynne](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lauralynne/32/98942_2.png) [@Lauralynne](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Lauralynne)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-delete-activities-how-to/94047/7 "2024-11-01T23:00:57Z")
I’m assuming since I don’t know what the “operations hub” is that I probably don’t have it? I have a zap that creates a note for a contact when an invoice in QBO is created. In making some edits in QBO, my zap decided all invoices from the beginning of time are now notes in Hubspot. it’s a mess. There is a string within the notes that I can filter for but then I still have to open each individual note to delete it. HOURS of my time would be spent doing this. Can someone elaborate on the above solution in a way that someone with only basic computing skills can navigate? Laura