How to clear all data from an app in Django?

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I want to remove all data from all models defined in a single Django app. The number of models might change in the app, hence I don't want to hard code model names. It would be great if it might be done using manage.py command, however I was not able to find one.

The manage.py flush command is not suitable, because it only allows to clear data from all apps.

what is your database provider... sql?? psql?? – Biplove Lamichhane May 07 '20 at 11:27 — Biplove Lamichhane, May 07 '20 at 11:27

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '20 at 11:33

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If you are using django version greater than 1.7, which you are. You can simply use migrate zero command to drop from specific app. Like:

py manage.py migrate APPNAME zero

Here, APPNAME is name of the app from where you want to flush data. Refs

answered May 07 '20 at 11:33

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`manage.py migrate APPNAME zero` and then `manage.py migrate APPNAME` does the job. The tables of an app are dropped and recreated. – niekas May 08 '20 at 04:48

How to clear all data from an app in Django?

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