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# Delete All Documents from a Database

You can delete all documents from an HPE IDOL Server database either by sending a `DREDELBASE` action, or by using the IDOL Admin interface.

## Delete All Documents from a Database by Sending an Action

You can delete all documents from an HPE IDOL Server database by sending a `DREDELBASE` action (case sensitive) from your Web browser:

    http://IDOLhost:indexPort/DREDELDBASE?DREDbName=databaseName

where:

`IDOLhost` | is the IP address or host name of the machine on which HPE IDOL Server is installed.
`indexPort` | is the HPE IDOL Server index port (specified as `IndexPort` in the `[Server]` section of the HPE IDOL Server configuration file).
`databaseName` | is the name of the database whose documents you want to delete.

For example:

    http://12.3.4.56:20001/DREDELDBASE?DREDbName=Archive

This action uses port `20001` to delete all documents from the `Archive` database on a machine with the IP address `12.3.4.56`.

Note: This index action does not complete if the configuration file is read-only.

## Delete All Documents from a Database by using IDOL Admin

Use the following procedure to delete all documents from a database by using the IDOL Admin interface.

To delete all documents from a database by using IDOL Admin

1. In the Control menu, click Databases.

2. In the Database Control column, click next to the database from which you want to delete documents.

   The Delete Documents dialog box opens.

3. Click Delete.

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