[rabbitmq-discuss] Deleting all queues in rabbitmq.

Tue Oct 29 11:28:15 GMT 2013

You can also delete the vhost containing the queues - of course this
deletes the exchanges in that vhost as well...

And then use the broker defs as Emile suggested but without requiring a
restart.

Good luck,

Michael

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Simon MacMullen <simon at rabbitmq.com> wrote:

> On 29/10/13 10:05, Emile Joubert wrote:
>
>> Don't try to delete queues by modifying the contents of the data store
>> on disk.
>>
>
> Yeah, seriously, this.
>
> Another option for deleting all queues (since 3.2.0) is to define a policy
> which gives every queue a very short expiry.
>
> $ rabbitmqctl set_policy deleter ".*" '{"expires":1}' --apply-to queues
>
> Then - assuming your queues are unused, which I assume is why you're
> deleting them - this will expire them near-immediately. Remember to delete
> the policy again afterwards, or you'll struggle to declare anything...
>
> $ rabbitmqctl clear_policy deleter
>
> Cheers, Simon
>
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