Session database table cleanup

Question

Does this table need to be purged or is it taken care of automatically by Django?

Answer 1

Django does NOT provide automatic purging. There is however a handy command available to help you do it manually: Django docs: Clearing the session store

python manage.py clearsessions

Answer 2

1. Django 1.6 or Above

   python manage.py clearsessions
   

2. Django 1.5 or lower

   python manage.py cleanup
   

3. From Django Shell

   from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
   Session.objects.all().delete()
   

4. django-session-cleanup cornJob

Answer 3

On my development server, I prefer a database command over python manage.py clearsessions because you delete all sessions, not just the expired ones (here: MySQL). To login into your database and do:

truncate table django_session;

BTW, session is not a database, but a table (django_session) and an app (django.contrib.sessions).