# Deltas for application updates

**URL:** https://hub.mender.io/t/deltas-for-application-updates/2555
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [September 30, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/deltas-for-application-updates/2555 "2020-09-30T05:10:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![SamanRatna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SamanRatna](https://hub.mender.io/u/SamanRatna)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/deltas-for-application-updates/2555/1 "2020-09-30T05:10:18Z")

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Hi,

Can delta update be done for application updates only as well or only for full system update ?  
Is yes, can you provide some reference to apply it ?

Saman

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### Author: ![mirzak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/mirzak/32/2056_2.png) [@mirzak](https://hub.mender.io/u/mirzak)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/deltas-for-application-updates/2555/2 "2020-09-30T07:37:01Z")

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[Robust delta update rootfs](https://hub.mender.io/t/robust-delta-update-rootfs/1144) currently only supports updates of full system updates.