MySQL delete table rows and reset index

Jan 24, 2018

How to delete all rows of a table and also reset the index.

With TRUNCATE TABLE command

TRUNCATE TABLE `table-name`;

With DELETE FROM command

-- FIRST DELETE ALL ROWS
DELETE FROM `table-name`;
-- THEN RESET INDEX TO START FROM 1 AGAIN
ALTER TABLE `table-name` AUTO_INCREMENT = 1;

See here also for reference.

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