# Deleting Patient **URL:** \ **Category:** Day-to-Day Users\ **Created:** [January 18, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344 "2014-01-18T18:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344/1 "2014-01-18T18:47:51Z")
**[engrsameen](https://sourceforge.net/u/engrsameen/)** wrote on [Saturday, January 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/e7ae8802/#b0ad): u create a patient say sameen khan but u spelled it wrong and u want correct it or this patient maybe left the country now u wana delete him from ur database or record or openemr how to do that ??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344/2 "2014-01-18T19:47:46Z")
**[fsgl](https://sourceforge.net/u/fsgl/)** wrote on [Saturday, January 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/e7ae8802/#1ad9): Use Edit button to correct data. It’s best not to delete an account. Even expired patient don’t have their accounts deleted, only marked as “Deceased”. Never know when you may need the information. Patients can return after a hiatus of 10 years. Had a patient who Medicare said had died before we examined his eyes. It does not take a great clinical acumen to know if the patient is dead or alive while sitting in the exam chair. We needed the records to prevent Medicare from recouping the payment for the patient who died 6 months of old age after the exam. Mark a patient as “Transferred” in the User Defined box or “Deceased” if that is the case. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344/3 "2014-01-18T20:17:47Z")
**[engrsameen](https://sourceforge.net/u/engrsameen/)** wrote on [Saturday, January 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/e7ae8802/#9270): i want to know it because i am practicing open-emr … deleting patients is critical for clean db. its good if i as an admin only could do it by mysql … i have basic knowledge of MS SQL SERVER . so i can do this… many thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344/4 "2014-01-18T20:27:04Z")
**[fsgl](https://sourceforge.net/u/fsgl/)** wrote on [Saturday, January 18, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/e7ae8802/#ed96): Administration/Other/Database/patient\_data. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344/5 "2014-01-23T02:32:29Z")
**[juggernautsei](https://sourceforge.net/u/juggernautsei/)** wrote on [Thursday, January 23, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/e7ae8802/#ff2f): Or you can just click the delete button that is right next to the patients name in the demographics and it will remove all trace of the patient from the database. Just had that happen by mistake. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344/6 "2014-01-23T19:19:06Z")
**[elandau1260](https://sourceforge.net/u/elandau1260/)** wrote on [Thursday, January 23, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/e7ae8802/#923e): This is actually an issue with openEMR. I have a provider office manager who wanted to delete an appointment so they clicked once on the appointment and clicked delete. OUCH. That deleted the whole patient! As it turns out, you have to double click to open the appointment. Single clicking brings up the patient, with a convenient Delete button at the top (as you said Sherwin) and there are no “are you sure?” warnings. We will suggest code in the near future… even just renaming the button to “delete Patient” would be a minimal first step. -Ed ---
**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/deleting-patient/4344/7 "2014-01-25T03:11:54Z")
**[fsgl](https://sourceforge.net/u/fsgl/)** wrote on [Saturday, January 25, 2014](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/e7ae8802/#3a5b): ![](http://i42.tinypic.com/347u1dl.png) Developers have the option of moving the Delete button to the far right, out of harm’s way or burying it deep inside of Demographics, away from hair-trigger fingers.