How To Delete All Products & Categories In Magento

by Geoff Jackson · Published March 29, 2013 · Updated April 2, 2015

You may require, from time to time, when developing in Magento, to delete all products and categories in Magento. This can be easily performed by running the below SQL query, which is particularly useful when working with large catalog’s.

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_option`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_option_value`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_selection`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_datetime`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_decimal`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_gallery`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_int`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_media_gallery`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_media_gallery_value`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_text`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_tier_price`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_varchar`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_decimal`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_int`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_varchar`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_type`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_price`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_title`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_type_price`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_type_title`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_type_value`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_attribute`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_attribute_label`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_attribute_pricing`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_link`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_enabled_index`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_website`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock_item`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock_status`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_datetime`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_decimal`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_int`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_text`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_varchar`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product_index`;

INSERT INTO `catalog_category_entity` (`entity_id`, `entity_type_id`, `attribute_set_id`, `parent_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `path`, `position`, `level`, `children_count`) VALUES (1, 3, 0, 0, '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '1', 0, 0, 1), (2, 3, 3, 1, '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '1/2', 1, 1, 0);
INSERT INTO `catalog_category_entity_int` (`value_id`, `entity_type_id`, `attribute_id`, `store_id`, `entity_id`, `value`) VALUES (1, 3, 67, 0, 1, 1), (2, 3, 67, 1, 1, 1), (3, 3, 42, 0, 2, 1), (4, 3, 67, 0, 2, 1), (5, 3, 42, 1, 2, 1), (6, 3, 67, 1, 2, 1);
INSERT INTO `catalog_category_entity_varchar` (`value_id`, `entity_type_id`, `attribute_id`, `store_id`, `entity_id`, `value`) VALUES (1, 3, 41, 0, 1, 'Root Catalog'), (2, 3, 41, 1, 1, 'Root Catalog'), (3, 3, 43, 1, 1, 'root-catalog'), (4, 3, 41, 0, 2, 'Default Category'), (5, 3, 41, 1, 2, 'Default Category'), (6, 3, 49, 1, 2, 'PRODUCTS'), (7, 3, 43, 1, 2, 'default-category');

INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_type` (`link_type_id`, `code`) VALUES (1, 'relation'), (3, 'super'), (4, 'up_sell'), (5, 'cross_sell');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_attribute` (`product_link_attribute_id`, `link_type_id`, `product_link_attribute_code`, `data_type`) VALUES (1, 1, 'position', 'int'), (2, 3, 'position', 'int'), (3, 3, 'qty', 'decimal'), (4, 4, 'position', 'int'), (5, 5, 'position', 'int');
INSERT INTO `cataloginventory_stock` (`stock_id`, `stock_name`) VALUES (1, 'Default');

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_option`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_option_value`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_selection`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_datetime`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_decimal`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_gallery`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_int`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_media_gallery`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_media_gallery_value`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_text`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_tier_price`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_varchar`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_decimal`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_int`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_varchar`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_type`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_price`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_title`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_type_price`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_type_title`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_type_value`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_attribute`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_attribute_label`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_attribute_pricing`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_link`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_enabled_index`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_website`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock_item`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock_status`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_datetime`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_decimal`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_int`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_text`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_entity_varchar`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product`;

TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product_index`;

INSERT INTO `catalog_category_entity` (`entity_id`, `entity_type_id`, `attribute_set_id`, `parent_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `path`, `position`, `level`, `children_count`) VALUES (1, 3, 0, 0, '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '1', 0, 0, 1), (2, 3, 3, 1, '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '2012-06-17 22:20:47', '1/2', 1, 1, 0);

INSERT INTO `catalog_category_entity_int` (`value_id`, `entity_type_id`, `attribute_id`, `store_id`, `entity_id`, `value`) VALUES (1, 3, 67, 0, 1, 1), (2, 3, 67, 1, 1, 1), (3, 3, 42, 0, 2, 1), (4, 3, 67, 0, 2, 1), (5, 3, 42, 1, 2, 1), (6, 3, 67, 1, 2, 1);

INSERT INTO `catalog_category_entity_varchar` (`value_id`, `entity_type_id`, `attribute_id`, `store_id`, `entity_id`, `value`) VALUES (1, 3, 41, 0, 1, 'Root Catalog'), (2, 3, 41, 1, 1, 'Root Catalog'), (3, 3, 43, 1, 1, 'root-catalog'), (4, 3, 41, 0, 2, 'Default Category'), (5, 3, 41, 1, 2, 'Default Category'), (6, 3, 49, 1, 2, 'PRODUCTS'), (7, 3, 43, 1, 2, 'default-category');

INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_type` (`link_type_id`, `code`) VALUES (1, 'relation'), (3, 'super'), (4, 'up_sell'), (5, 'cross_sell');

INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_attribute` (`product_link_attribute_id`, `link_type_id`, `product_link_attribute_code`, `data_type`) VALUES (1, 1, 'position', 'int'), (2, 3, 'position', 'int'), (3, 3, 'qty', 'decimal'), (4, 4, 'position', 'int'), (5, 5, 'position', 'int');

INSERT INTO `cataloginventory_stock` (`stock_id`, `stock_name`) VALUES (1, 'Default');

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;

Please note: This is tested and confirmed working in Magento 1.7. There is no guarantee that this would work flawlessly in older versions of Magento.

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Geoff Jackson

Geoff Jackson (more commonly known by his online pseudonym zigojacko) is the founder of Design Haven and The Clubnet Group which hosts numerous agencies including the most widely recognised of them, Clubnet Digital, a full service digital marketing and creative design/development agency. He also has a personal blog but it doesn't get updated as much as he'd like.