Delete/Reset all entries in Core Data?

Question

Do you know of any way to delete all of the entries stored in Core Data? My schema should stay the same; I just want to reset it to blank.

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Edit

Answer 1

Here is a somewhat simplified version with less calls to AppDelegate self and the last bit of code that was left out of the top rated answer. Also I was getting an error "Object's persistent store is not reachable from this NSManagedObjectContext's coordinator" so just needed to add that back.

NSPersistentStoreCoordinator *storeCoordinator = [self persistentStoreCoordinator];
NSPersistentStore *store = [[storeCoordinator persistentStores] lastObject];
NSURL *storeURL = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"dataModel"];
NSError *error;

[storeCoordinator removePersistentStore:store error:&error];
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:storeURL.path error:&error];

[_persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeURL options:nil error:&error];

if (storeCoordinator != nil) {
    _managedObjectContext = [[NSManagedObjectContext alloc] init];
    [_managedObjectContext setPersistentStoreCoordinator:storeCoordinator];
}

Answer 2

swift solution:

class func deleteAllManagedObjects() {

        let modelURL = NSBundle.mainBundle().URLForResource("some string", withExtension: "mom")
        let mom = NSManagedObjectModel(contentsOfURL: modelURL)

        for entityName in mom.entitiesByName.keys {
            let fr = NSFetchRequest(entityName: entityName as String)
            let a = Utility.managedObjectContext().executeFetchRequest(fr, error: nil) as [NSManagedObject]
            for mo in a {
                Utility.managedObjectContext().deleteObject(mo)
            }
        }

        Utility.managedObjectContext().save(nil)
    }

Answer 3

Swift 5.1 Solution

public static func reset() {
    let coordinator = _persistentContainer.persistentStoreCoordinator
    for store in coordinator.persistentStores where store.url != nil {
        try? coordinator.remove(store)
        try? FileManager.default.removeItem(atPath: store.url!.path)
    }
}

Answer 4

Use this

+(NSArray *)fetchDataFromEntity:(NSString *)entityName context:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context
{
    NSFetchRequest * fetchRequest =[[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    NSEntityDescription * CategoriesEntity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:entityName inManagedObjectContext:context];
    [fetchRequest setEntity:CategoriesEntity];

    NSError * error;
    NSInteger count = [context countForFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error];

    if (count && count>0) {

        NSArray * fetchedObjects = [context executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error];
        if (fetchedObjects && fetchedObjects.count>0) {

            return fetchedObjects;
        }else
            return nil;

    }
    else
        return nil;
}
+ (void)deleteObjectsOfArray:(NSMutableArray*)ary context:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context {
    for (NSManagedObject * obj in ary) {
        [context deleteObject:obj];
    }
    NSError *saveError = nil;
    [context save:&saveError];
}
+ (void)deleteEntity:(NSString *)entityName context:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context {
    NSArray *listArray = [self fetchDataFromEntity:entityName context:context];
    [self deleteObjectsOfArray:[NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:listArray] context:context];
}

Answer 5

Works with all versions. Pass entity name and iterate through to delete all the entries and save the context.

func deleteData(entityToFetch: String, completion: @escaping(_ returned: Bool) ->()) {
    var context = NSManagedObjectContext()
    if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
        context = self.persistentContainer.viewContext
    } else {
        context = self.managedObjectContext
    }

    let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult>()
    fetchRequest.entity = NSEntityDescription.entity(forEntityName: entityToFetch, in: context)
    fetchRequest.includesPropertyValues = false
    do {
        let results = try context.fetch(fetchRequest) as! [NSManagedObject]
        for result in results {
            context.delete(result)
        }
        try context.save()
        completion(true)
    } catch {
        completion(false)
        print("fetch error -\(error.localizedDescription)")
    }
}

Answer 6

If you want to delete all objects and do not want to delete the backing files, you can use following methods:

- (void)deleteAllObjectsInContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context
                       usingModel:(NSManagedObjectModel *)model
{
    NSArray *entities = model.entities;
    for (NSEntityDescription *entityDescription in entities) {
        [self deleteAllObjectsWithEntityName:entityDescription.name
                                   inContext:context];
    }
}

- (void)deleteAllObjectsWithEntityName:(NSString *)entityName
                             inContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context
{
    NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest =
        [NSFetchRequest fetchRequestWithEntityName:entityName];
    fetchRequest.includesPropertyValues = NO;
    fetchRequest.includesSubentities = NO;

    NSError *error;
    NSArray *items = [context executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error];

    for (NSManagedObject *managedObject in items) {
        [context deleteObject:managedObject];
        NSLog(@"Deleted %@", entityName);
    }
}

Beware that it may be very slow (depends on how many objects are in your object graph).