# How to delete or rename an imported target using cmake?

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-delete-or-rename-an-imported-target-using-cmake/2372
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [December 15, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-delete-or-rename-an-imported-target-using-cmake/2372 "2020-12-15T09:28:05Z")
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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-delete-or-rename-an-imported-target-using-cmake/2372/2 "2020-12-15T16:22:20Z")

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You cannot rename imported targets. The ccd library will need changes to support being imported in release and debug modes at the same time (at least from a non-multi-config generator). If you can, using the `Ninja Multi-Config` generator to build the Release and Debug builds at one time should help.

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