mysql delete all duplicate rows except one code example

Example 1: mysql delete duplicate rows but keep one

DELETE c1 FROM contacts c1
INNER JOIN contacts c2 
WHERE
    c1.id > c2.id AND 
    c1.email = c2.email;

Example 2: mysql remove duplicates

DELETE FROM table_name WHERE id 
       NOT IN ( SELECT id FROM table_name 
                   GROUP BY field_1, field_2)

Example 3: mysql delete duplicate rows

DELETE FROM table_name 
WHERE 
	id IN (
	SELECT 
		id 
	FROM (
		SELECT 
			id,
			ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
				PARTITION BY field_1
				ORDER BY field_1) AS row_num
		FROM 
			table_name
		
	) t
    WHERE row_num > 1
);

Example 4: delete all duplicate rows keep the latest except for one in mysql

DELETE 
FROM
  `tbl_job_title` 
WHERE id NOT IN 
  (SELECT 
    * 
  FROM
    (SELECT 
      MAX(id) 
    FROM
      `tbl_job_title` 
    GROUP BY NAME) tbl)

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