How to remove all catalog products in Magento

Question

I've trying to import a products list to magento. In the firsts test, I got success, but the products were not showing up in back or front office.

After redo the import process few times, I found out that I have the imported products on database, but, still not showing.

If I access de Catalog > Manage Categories > Default Category -> Category Products I may see the imported products.

Later on, I found a error in my import file ... and I may correctly import products

instead .... I have found conflicts in the 'sku' field ...

those first products are not showing up yet, but they are still on database...

Question: How do I remove those products if I can't access them ???? May I do that direct on database ? deleting the rows can generate other issues ?

any clue will be appreciated !

Magento ver. 1.7.0.1

Answer 1

Reset all product tables. Beware, below script will delete ALL your product data so do it carefully.

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_product_link`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_type`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_type_value`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_super_attribute`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product`;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_1;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_10;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_11;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_12;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_13;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_14;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_15;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_16;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_17;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_18;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_19;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_2;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_20;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_21;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_22;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_23;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_24;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_25;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_26;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_27;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_28;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_29;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_3;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_30;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_31;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_32;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_33;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_34;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_35;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_36;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_37;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_4;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_5;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_6;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_7;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_8;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_9;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;

insert  into `catalog_product_link_type`(`link_type_id`,`code`) values (1,'relation'),(2,'bundle'),(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 (1,2,'qty','decimal'),(2,1,'position','int'),(3,4,'position','int'),(4,5,'position','int'),(6,1,'qty','decimal'),(7,3,'position','int'),(8,3,'qty','decimal');
insert  into `cataloginventory_stock`(`stock_id`,`stock_name`) values (1,'Default');

You may require re-indexing all your indexes after running above query.

System > Index Management > Reindex all

http://ka.lpe.sh/2012/08/09/magento-how-to-delete-remove-all-products-from-all-categories/

Have fun!

Answer 2

Delete products with a SQL query is not the Magento way and I recommend not doing it. It may cause database corruption or problems with the foreign key indexes/constraints as stated here.

Everybody interested in using a correct, safe and also fast way to alter things in Magento should ALWAYS use Magento's ORM functions.

In this case this would be in a php script.

Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()->delete();

This is the only safe way in Magento.

Answer 3

You can delete all the product using Direct Sql.

Please take backup your database, and run the following sql queries.

Reset all product tables. Beware, below script will delete ALL your product data so do it carefully.

`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`;
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_type` VALUES(1, 'relation');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_type` VALUES(3, 'super');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_type` VALUES(4, 'up_sell');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_type` VALUES(5, 'cross_sell');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_attribute` VALUES(1, 1, 'position', 'int');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_attribute` VALUES(2, 3, 'position', 'int');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_attribute` VALUES(3, 3, 'qty', 'decimal');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_attribute` VALUES(4, 4, 'position', 'int');
INSERT INTO `catalog_product_link_attribute` VALUES(5, 5, 'position', 'int');
INSERT INTO `cataloginventory_stock` VALUES(1, 'Default');
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;`

**Remove the Product counts from category at back-end**

`SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product_index`;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;`


**Remove the Bestseller and Most view Products at Dashboards**

`SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
TRUNCATE TABLE `report_compared_product_index`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `report_viewed_product_aggregated_daily`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `report_viewed_product_aggregated_monthly`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `report_viewed_product_aggregated_yearly`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `report_viewed_product_index`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `sales_bestsellers_aggregated_daily`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `sales_bestsellers_aggregated_monthly`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `sales_bestsellers_aggregated_yearly`;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;`

**Flush all the flat table of products**

`SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_1;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_2;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_3;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_4;
DELETE FROM catalog_product_flat_5;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;`

**Remove the review and rating of products**

`SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
TRUNCATE table `rating_option_vote`; 
TRUNCATE table `rating_option_vote_aggregated`;
TRUNCATE table `review`; 
TRUNCATE table `review_detail`; 
TRUNCATE table `review_entity_summary`; 
TRUNCATE table `review_store`;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;`

**For enterprise flush the following tables**

`SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_flat_cl`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product_cat_cl`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_category_product_index_cl`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_flat_cl`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_index_price_cl`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `cataloginventory_stock_status_cl`;
TRUNCATE TABLE `catalogsearch_fulltext_cl`;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;`