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# HDEL

> Deletes one or more hash fields.

## Arguments

<ParamField body="key" type="str" required>
  The key to get.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="fields" type="*List[str]" required>
  One or more fields to delete.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField  type="int" required>
    The number of fields that were removed from the hash.
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
```py Example
redis.hset("myhash", "field1", "Hello")
redis.hset("myhash", "field2", "World")

assert redis.hdel("myhash", "field1", "field2") == 2
```
</RequestExample>