I had trouble finding a good example for a deleting an item using a form in a table. Here's what worked: **models.py** class Inventory(models.Model): material = models.CharField(max_length=30) quantity = models.IntegerField(default=0) units = models.CharField(max_length=30) date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, blank=True) def __str__(self): return '%s %s %s'%(self.material, self.quantity, self.units) **forms.py** class InventoryForm(ModelForm): class Meta: model = Inventory fields = '__all__' **views.py** def show_inventory_form(request): model = Inventory inventory = Inventory.objects.all() if request.method == "POST": form = InventoryForm(data = request.POST) if form.is_valid(): form.save() else: form = InventoryForm() context = RequestContext(request) return render_to_response('inventory.html', { 'form':form, 'inventory':inventory, }, RequestContext(request)) def remove_items(request): if request.method == 'POST': form = InventoryForm() inventory = Inventory.objects.all() item_id = int(request.POST.get('item_id')) item = Inventory.objects.get(id=item_id) item.delete() return render_to_response('inventory.html', { 'form':form, 'inventory':inventory, }, RequestContext(request)) **inventory.html:** <table> {% csrf_token %} <tr> <form action="" method="post"> {% csrf_token %} <td>{{form.item}}</td> <td>{{form.quantity}}</td> <td>{{form.needs_repairs}}</td> <td> <input class="table_button" type="submit" value="Add inventory" /></td> </form> </td></tr> <thead> <tr> <td><p>Item?</p></td> <td><p>Quantity</p></td> <td><p>Needs Repairs</p></td> <td><p>Change</p></td> </tr> </thead> {% for item in inventory %} <tr class="datarow"> <td>{{item.quantity}}</td> <td>{{item.needs_repairs}}</td> <td> <td> <form action="/remove_items/" method="post"> {% csrf_token %} <input type="hidden" name="item_id" value="{{item.id}}" /> <input type="submit" value="delete item"> </form> </td> </td> </tr> {% endfor %} </table> **urls.py** url(r'^inventory/', show_inventory_form, name="inventory"), url(r'^remove_items/', remove_items, name="remove_inventory"),