# Deleting all documents inside an engine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634 "2019-09-23T07:19:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rajithsam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajithsam/32/50960_2.png) [@rajithsam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajithsam)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634/1 "2019-09-23T07:19:47Z")

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Is it possible to delete all the documents inside an engine at once?

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634/2 "2019-09-23T15:35:51Z")

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@rajithsam It is not currently possible. You would need to [page through all of the documents](https://swiftype.com/documentation/app-search/api/documents#list) to collect their ids, and then [delete them](https://swiftype.com/documentation/app-search/api/documents#delete).

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634/3 "2019-09-23T15:36:35Z")

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Just be aware that this may impact any curations you may have set up.

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**Author:** ![rajithsam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajithsam/32/50960_2.png) [@rajithsam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajithsam)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634/4 "2019-09-26T05:55:19Z")

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Ok Thanks

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-all-documents-inside-an-engine/200634/5 "2019-10-24T05:55:25Z")

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