How to reset the state of a Redux store?

Question

I am using Redux for state management.
How do I reset the store to its initial state?

For example, let’s say I have two user accounts (u1 and

Answer 1

My take to keep Redux from referencing to the same variable of the initial state:

// write the default state as a function
const defaultOptionsState = () => ({
  option1: '',
  option2: 42,
});

const initialState = {
  options: defaultOptionsState() // invoke it in your initial state
};

export default (state = initialState, action) => {

  switch (action.type) {

    case RESET_OPTIONS:
    return {
      ...state,
      options: defaultOptionsState() // invoke the default function to reset this part of the state
    };

    default:
    return state;
  }
};