# 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")\
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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)

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