How to delete more than one record at a time in salesforce?

Question

How do I delete more than one record at a time in salesforce?

Answer 1

Delete all Salesforce Account objects (up to the artificially imposed limitations per SF query on whatever the object happens to be):

delete new List<Account>([select Id from Account]);

Where "Account" is any Salesforce object (or custom object you've created). You can fine-tune the delete by adding the "WHERE" clause:

delete new List<Account>([select Id from Account where ... ])

Or the "LIKE" clause:

delete new List<Account>([select Id from Account where LastName like 'Jon%']);