How To Delete All Products & Categories In Magento

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;

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.