{"id":27905,"date":"2024-03-16T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T09:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-all-data-in-a-table-in-mysql-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:10:02","slug":"how-to-delete-all-data-in-a-table-in-mysql-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-all-data-in-a-table-in-mysql-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete all data in a table in MySQL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two methods to delete all data from a MySQL table.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use the DELETE statement to remove all rows from a table.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>DELETE FROM \u8868\u540d;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>For example, to delete all data in a table named &#8220;users&#8221;:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>DELETE FROM users;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Delete all rows in a table using the TRUNCATE TABLE statement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>TRUNCATE TABLE \u8868\u540d;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>For example, to delete all data in a table named &#8220;users&#8221;:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>TRUNCATE TABLE users;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The difference between these two methods lies in the fact that the DELETE statement deletes data line by line, while the TRUNCATE TABLE statement deletes the entire table and recreates an empty table with the same structure. 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