Delete Parcels (Parcel)—ArcGIS Pro

Summary

Deletes the selected parcels from the input parcel fabric. If the parcel polygon layer has no selection, all parcels will be deleted.

This tool modifies the input data. See Tools that modify or update the input data for more information and strategies to avoid undesired data changes.

Select the parcel polygons to select parcels.
The tool deletes the parcel polygons and the polygons' associated lines if the lines are not shared with any other parcel polygons.
The tool deletes points that meet the following conditions:
- The points are not used by any other parcel, current or historic.
- The points' attribute fields have not been populated with values. Points will still be deleted if the OBJECTID, Shape, GlobalID, Created By Record, Retired By Record, and editor tracking fields have values.
- The Preserve and IsFixed fields are set to No.
After parcels are deleted, record polygons will be updated to match the cumulative shape of the remaining parcels associated with them.
Historic parcels will not be created.

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Input Parcel Features	The parcel fabric polygon feature class containing the parcels that will be deleted.	Feature Layer

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Updated Parcel Fabric	The updated parcel fabric.	Parcel Fabric

arcpy.parcel.DeleteParcels(in_parcel_polygon_features)

Name	Explanation	Data Type
in_parcel_polygon_features	The parcel fabric polygon feature class containing the parcels that will be deleted.	Feature Layer

Name	Explanation	Data Type
updated_parcel_fabric	The updated parcel fabric.	Parcel Fabric

DeleteParcels example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the DeleteParcels function to delete a selection of parcels from the input parcel fabric.

import arcpy
arcpy.parcel.DeleteParcels("C:/Data/Database.gdb/Parcels/CountyFabric")

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.