# Mass deletion!

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/mass-deletion/23338>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [27 January 2022 11:42 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/mass-deletion/23338 "2022-01-27T11:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Traveller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Traveller](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Traveller)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2022 11:42 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/mass-deletion/23338/1 "2022-01-27T11:42:00Z")

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Joplin 2.6.10 (prod, darwin)  
Mac 12.0.1

I am having a few problems moving from en to J so I would like to delete all my notes in J and start again. How can I delete all of my current notes in J? I cannot 'select all' or see any obvious way to mass delete. Thanks for any assist.

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**Author:** ![Rootman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@Rootman](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Rootman)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2022 11:57 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/mass-deletion/23338/2 "2022-01-27T11:57:02Z")

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Delete the notebook(s) the notes are in.

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**Author:** ![graphit0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/graphit0/32/3435_2.png) [@graphit0](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/graphit0)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2022 12:41 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/mass-deletion/23338/3 "2022-01-27T12:41:51Z")

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Hi, welcome to the forum!  
Additionally to previous response, have a look at Joplin reset plugin called Victor, but be careful it also clears settings of the app

> [@Victor, a plugin to help you delete all your data and start over](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/victor-a-plugin-to-help-you-delete-all-your-data-and-start-over/21182):
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> Victor Plugin for Joplin [Victor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6eiPD2z-Y) helps you delete all your Joplin and start over. It can sometimes be useful for example when you want to clear a sync target you do not have full access to. In that case you would invoke Victor, delete all your data, then synchronise with the service (which in turn will delete the remote data). Of course the plugin should be used very carefully because once deleted the data cannot be recovered. In fact, after having used it, it is better to disable or even unins…

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**Author:** ![zblesk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zblesk/32/11_2.png) [@zblesk](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/zblesk)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2022 22:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/mass-deletion/23338/4 "2022-01-27T22:24:52Z")

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Well, there also is the list of 'All notes', where you can press ctrl+a to select all... this shouldn't delete notebooks, though.

Or you can quit Joplin and delete the entire Profile folder and start from scratch.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2022 22:25 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/mass-deletion/23338/5 "2022-02-26T22:25:01Z")

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Closed on 26 February 2022 22:25 UTC

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