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Possibility to delete all documents in an index without deleting and recreating the index

You should provide a possibility to delete all documents in an index without having to delete it and creating it again.

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    Guillermo Bellmann shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

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      • BB commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        This would be helpful, when we are resetting data in different sprint and system test environments

      • Cynthia commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        This is such a simple and useful feature, cannot believe after two years, it is still not implemented.

      • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        We need this for security and compliance - deleting the index and recreating it causes a scenario in production whereby the index may not always exist when a new document needs to be inserted into it.

        At least with a delete all, it will delete all the existing documents and either create an exclusive lock to pause new inserts or allow inserts which are held in a separate transaction.

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