# Deleting column statistics
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You can delete column statistics using the [DeleteColumnStatisticsForTable](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/webapi/API_DeleteColumnStatisticsForTable.html) API operation or AWS CLI. The following example shows how to delete column statistics using AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

```
aws glue delete-column-statistics-for-table \
    --database-name 'database_name' \
    --table-name 'table_name' \
    --column-name 'column_name'
```