Delete/Reset all entries in Core Data?

Question

Do you know of any way to delete all of the entries stored in Core Data? My schema should stay the same; I just want to reset it to blank.

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Edit

I'm looking to do this programmatically so that a user can essentially hit a reset button.

Answer 1

Here is a somewhat simplified version with less calls to AppDelegate self and the last bit of code that was left out of the top rated answer. Also I was getting an error "Object's persistent store is not reachable from this NSManagedObjectContext's coordinator" so just needed to add that back.

NSPersistentStoreCoordinator *storeCoordinator = [self persistentStoreCoordinator];
NSPersistentStore *store = [[storeCoordinator persistentStores] lastObject];
NSURL *storeURL = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"dataModel"];
NSError *error;

[storeCoordinator removePersistentStore:store error:&error];
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:storeURL.path error:&error];

[_persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeURL options:nil error:&error];

if (storeCoordinator != nil) {
    _managedObjectContext = [[NSManagedObjectContext alloc] init];
    [_managedObjectContext setPersistentStoreCoordinator:storeCoordinator];
}

Answer 2

iOS 10 and Swift 3

Assuming that your entity name is "Photo", and that you create a CoreDataStack class...

 func clearData() {
        do {            
            let context = CoreDataStack.sharedInstance.persistentContainer.viewContext
            let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult>(entityName: "Photo")
            do {
                let objects  = try context.fetch(fetchRequest) as? [NSManagedObject]
                _ = objects.map{$0.map{context.delete($0)}}
                CoreDataStack.sharedInstance.saveContext()
            } catch let error {
                print("ERROR DELETING : \(error)")
            }
        }
    }

Here is a good tutorial of how to use CoreData and how to use this method. https://medium.com/compileswift/parsing-json-response-and-save-it-in-coredata-step-by-step-fb58fc6ce16f#.1tu6kt8qb

Answer 3

I remove all data from core data on a button Event in a HomeViewController class: This article helped me so much I figured I'd contribute.

-(IBAction)buttonReset:(id)sender
{
    NSLog(@"buttonReset Pressed");

    //Erase the persistent store from coordinator and also file manager.
    NSPersistentStore *store = [self.persistentStoreCoordinator.persistentStores lastObject];
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSURL *storeURL = store.URL;
    [self.persistentStoreCoordinator removePersistentStore:store error:&error];
    [[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtURL:storeURL error:&error];


    NSLog(@"Data Reset");

    //Make new persistent store for future saves   (Taken From Above Answer)
    if (![self.persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeURL options:nil error:&error]) {
        // do something with the error
    }

}

Note that in order to call self.persistentStoreCoordinator I declared a property in the Home View Controller. (Don't worry about the managedObjectContext that I use for saving and loading.)

@property (nonatomic, retain) NSManagedObjectContext        *   managedObjectContext;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSPersistentStoreCoordinator  *   persistentStoreCoordinator;

Then in the AppDelegate ApplicationDidFinishLaunching right below creating a HomeViewController I have :

homeViewController = [[HomeViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"HomeViewController" bundle:nil];
homeViewController.managedObjectContext = self.managedObjectContext;
homeViewController.persistentStoreCoordinator = self.persistentStoreCoordinator;

Answer 4

I took Grouchal's code and to speed it up I used enumeration with concurrent mode (NSEnumerationConcurrent), it got a bit faster compared to for loop (in my app I added this feature for Testers so that they can clear data and do testcases rather than delete and install app)

- (void)resetObjects
{
    [self deleteAllObjectsInEntity:@"Entity1"];
    [self deleteAllObjectsInEntity:@"Entity2"];
    [self deleteAllObjectsInEntity:@"Entity3"];
    [self deleteAllObjectsInEntity:@"Entity4"];
}

-(void) deleteAllObjectsInEntity:(NSString*) entityName
{
    MainDataContext *coreDataContext = [MainDataContext sharedInstance];
    NSManagedObjectContext *currentContext = coreDataContext.managedObjectContext;
    NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:entityName inManagedObjectContext:currentContext];
    [fetchRequest setEntity:entity];

    NSError *error;
    NSArray *items = [currentContext executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error];

    [items enumerateObjectsWithOptions:NSEnumerationConcurrent usingBlock:^(NSManagedObject * obj, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
        [currentContext deleteObject:obj];
    }];


    if (![currentContext save:&error]) {
        NSLog(@"Error deleting %@ - error:%@",entityName,error);
    }
}

Answer 5

I've written a clearStores method that goes through every store and delete it both from the coordinator and the filesystem (error handling left aside):

NSArray *stores = [persistentStoreCoordinator persistentStores];

for(NSPersistentStore *store in stores) {
    [persistentStoreCoordinator removePersistentStore:store error:nil];
    [[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:store.URL.path error:nil];
}

[persistentStoreCoordinator release], persistentStoreCoordinator = nil;

This method is inside a coreDataHelper class that takes care of (among other things) creating the persistentStore when it's nil.

Answer 6

iOS 10 + Swift 3 solution:

func clearCoreDataStore() {
    let delegate = UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate
    let context = delegate.persistentContainer.viewContext

    for i in 0...delegate.persistentContainer.managedObjectModel.entities.count-1 {
        let entity = delegate.persistentContainer.managedObjectModel.entities[i]

        do {
            let query = NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult>(entityName: entity.name!)
            let deleterequest = NSBatchDeleteRequest(fetchRequest: query)
            try context.execute(deleterequest)
            try context.save()

        } catch let error as NSError {
            print("Error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
            abort()
        }
    }
}

Iterates through all of the core data entities and clears them