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Ian Lin 716Ian Lin 716 

Data Loader or Mass Delete?

A manager is requesting all records from a custom object that are more than 12 months old and have a status of new be deleted.What should the administrator use to honor this request?
  1. Data Loader
  2. Mass delete
  3. Data Import Wizard
  4. Mass edit from lists
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AnkaiahAnkaiah (Salesforce Developers) 
Hi Ian,

Answer is Dataloader.

Export all records using SOQL and keep them in CSV file and follow the below steps to export/delete the records using data loader.

SOQL query 
SELECT Id FROM Custom_Object__c WHERE Status__c='New' AND CreatedDate = LAST_N_MONTHS:12

https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.inserting_updating_or_deleting_data.htm&type=5

If this helps, please mark it as best answer.

Regards,
Ankaiah Bandi