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DELETE ALL
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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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 * Introduction
 * Requirements
 * Installation
 * Maintainers

INTRODUCTION
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This module is used to delete all content and/or users from a site.
This is mainly
a developer tool, which can come in handy in several cases, listed below.

The usual way to do this is to go to Administer -> Content then select all the
nodes and delete them. This works if you have a handful of nodes only. If you
have hundreds or thousands of nodes, then it is not a practical solution.

Another option is to directly delete the nodes from the node table in
the database. This does not work properly, since there are also comments,
and many tables for add on modules that needs to be cleaned.

This is a test site that the client was using for a period of time, and they
must clean it up before starting with real data.
You are testing something that creates a lot of nodes (e.g. aggregator), and
want to do it over and over again.
You created a site in the past and want to replicate it again,
but with new content.

Note that for nodes, comments and all additions to nodes that contributed
modules may have added. For users, any additional module data
will also be deleted.

REQUIREMENTS
------------
None.

INSTALLATION
------------
 * Install as usual,
 see https://www.drupal.org/documentation/install/modules-themes/modules-8
 for further information.

MAINTAINERS
-----------
 * Dipak Yadav (dipakmdhrm) - https://www.drupal.org/u/dipakmdhrm
 * Hammad Ghani (hammad-ghani) - https://www.drupal.org/u/hammad-ghani
 * Khalid Baheyeldin (kbahey) - https://www.drupal.org/u/kbahey
 * Brian Gilbert (realityloop) - https://www.drupal.org/u/realityloop
 * Kevin O'Brien (coderintherye) - https://www.drupal.org/u/coderintherye
 * Git Migration - https://www.drupal.org/u/git-migration
 * Doug Green (douggreen) - https://www.drupal.org/u/douggreen

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  4. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE

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  6.  * Introduction

  7.  * Requirements

  8.  * Installation

  9.  * Maintainers

  10. 

  11. INTRODUCTION

  12. ------------

  13. This module is used to delete all content and/or users from a site.

  14. This is mainly

  15. a developer tool, which can come in handy in several cases, listed below.

  16. 

  17. The usual way to do this is to go to Administer -> Content then select all the

  18. nodes and delete them. This works if you have a handful of nodes only. If you

  19. have hundreds or thousands of nodes, then it is not a practical solution.

  20. 

  21. Another option is to directly delete the nodes from the node table in

  22. the database. This does not work properly, since there are also comments,

  23. and many tables for add on modules that needs to be cleaned.

  24. 

  25. This is a test site that the client was using for a period of time, and they

  26. must clean it up before starting with real data.

  27. You are testing something that creates a lot of nodes (e.g. aggregator), and

  28. want to do it over and over again.

  29. You created a site in the past and want to replicate it again,

  30. but with new content.

  31. 

  32. Note that for nodes, comments and all additions to nodes that contributed

  33. modules may have added. For users, any additional module data

  34. will also be deleted.

  35. 

  36. REQUIREMENTS

  37. ------------

  38. None.

  39. 

  40. INSTALLATION

  41. ------------

  42.  * Install as usual,

  43.  see https://www.drupal.org/documentation/install/modules-themes/modules-8

  44.  for further information.

  45. 

  46. MAINTAINERS

  47. -----------

  48.  * Dipak Yadav (dipakmdhrm) - https://www.drupal.org/u/dipakmdhrm

  49.  * Hammad Ghani (hammad-ghani) - https://www.drupal.org/u/hammad-ghani

  50.  * Khalid Baheyeldin (kbahey) - https://www.drupal.org/u/kbahey

  51.  * Brian Gilbert (realityloop) - https://www.drupal.org/u/realityloop

  52.  * Kevin O'Brien (coderintherye) - https://www.drupal.org/u/coderintherye

  53.  * Git Migration - https://www.drupal.org/u/git-migration

  54.  * Doug Green (douggreen) - https://www.drupal.org/u/douggreen

  55. 

  56. 

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