# Does an HQL delete cascade on relationships

**URL:** <https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/does-an-hql-delete-cascade-on-relationships/3085>\
**Category:** Hibernate ORM\
**Created:** [August 12, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/does-an-hql-delete-cascade-on-relationships/3085 "2019-08-12T20:31:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![lmajano](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.hibernate.org/lmajano/32/675_2.png) [@lmajano](https://discourse.hibernate.org/u/lmajano)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.hibernate.org/t/does-an-hql-delete-cascade-on-relationships/3085/1 "2019-08-12T20:31:08Z")

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Newbie question.

If instead of using the delete with an entity you do a delete via HQL, will it respect the cascades defined on the relationships of the entities it affects?