# Delete all documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-all-documents/226326>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-all-documents/226326 "2020-04-03T05:24:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![malik\_aditya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/malik_aditya/32/45618_2.png) [@malik\_aditya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/malik_aditya)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-all-documents/226326/1 "2020-04-03T05:24:31Z")

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Hi is there any way for me to delete all the documents in an index before indexing into it again?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-all-documents/226326/2 "2020-05-01T05:24:32Z")

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**Author:** ![Rich\_Kuzsma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rich_kuzsma/32/66159_2.png) [@Rich\_Kuzsma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rich_Kuzsma)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-all-documents/226326/3 "2021-05-13T15:34:10Z")

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This isn't possible; please see [Deleting all documents inside an engine](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634)