Deleting duplicate records is very common requirement therefore multiple options are available to delete duplicate records. However this article provides the solution to delete the duplicate records using single statement. Delete from <TABLE_NAME> where <ID> not in ( select max(<ID>) from TABLE_NAME> group by <DUPLICATE_COLUMN>) For example: Employee table EmpId EmpFullName EmpSalary EmpTitle 1 Sumit Bajaj 5000 Dev 2 Amit 10000 SDev 3 Sumit Bajaj 5000 Dev 4 Priyanka 50000 Mgr 5 Umesh 10000 SDev 6 Umesh 10000 SDev 7 Amit 10000 SDev 8 Geetika 5000 Dev where few records are duplicate and need to be removed. For this table, delete query would be Delete from Employee where EmpId not in (select max(EmpId) from Employee group by EmpFu