Java - JDBC executeQuery("DELETE...

Buenas, le estoy dando vueltas a una cosilla que me ha pasado, os agradecería si me podrías ayudar a saber qué he hecho mal,gracias

java.sql.SQLException: Can not issue data manipulation statements with executeQuery().

at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:910)

at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.checkForDml(Statement.java:401)

at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:1078)

at pfc.packDatos.DAOAviso.eliminarAviso(DAOAviso.java:196)

at pfc.packNegocio.ListaAvisos.eliminarAviso(ListaAvisos.java:159)

at pfc.packInterface.ControladorVentanaLeerAviso.eliminarAviso(ControladorVentanaLeerAviso.java:50)

at pfc.packInterface.VentanaLeerAviso.cerrar(VentanaLeerAviso.java:95)

at pfc.packInterface.Controlador.recibirConfirmacionEliminar(Controlador.java:35)

at pfc.packInterface.ControladorVentanaConfirmacionEliminar.actionPerformed(ControladorVentanaConfirmacionEliminar.java:70)

at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1849)

at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2169)

at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:420)

at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:258)

at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:234)

at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:5488)

at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3126)

at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5253)

at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1966)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3955)

at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4212)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3892)

at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3822)

at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2010)

at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1774)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)

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casca en
at pfc.packDatos.DAOAviso.eliminarAviso(DAOAviso.java:196)
donde
stmt.executeQuery("delete from aviso where idInsercion="+ id+";");
me pregunto si se debe a que idInsercion es la clave principal de la tabla aviso

muxas gracias

perdon
copiandolo me he dado cuenta que no es Query sino Update

lo siento