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The only scalable delete in Postgres is DROP TABLE

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-06-11 Cached

This article explains why large DELETE operations in Postgres are inefficient and cause extra work, and recommends using DROP TABLE or TRUNCATE as more scalable alternatives for bulk data removal.

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