It will have to be a two step process. You'll need a second query with the
same criteria to delete the records.

It's almost always a bad idea to move data from one table to another. To
find out what is in both tables, you'll need a union query which are slow and
inefficient.

You are much better off putting a Yes/No field named something like
Processed in the first table and update it to Yes when you no longer want to
see these records at times. Your select query would have criteria of No in
that field to fine all the records not processed.
--
Jerry Whittle, Microsoft Access MVP
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"DJ in Dallas" wrote:

I am using the update query to move records from one table to another table.
How do I delete the record in the originating table once the query is
finished? I am assigning licenses to people and want tp remove the record in
the In Stock table.

Thanks for any help you can give.