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## Deleting Models
Because Eloquent inherits all the features and methods of Fluent queries, deleting models is a snap:
$author->delete();
Note, however, than this won't delete any related models (e.g. all the author's Book models will still exist), unless you have set up [foreign keys](/docs/database/schema#foreign-keys) and cascading deletes.