Delete a Firestore collection (async)

Delete a Firestore collection and documents within (async).

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Delete data from Cloud Firestore
• Delete documents and fields

Code sample

Python

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async def delete_collection(coll_ref, batch_size):
    docs = coll_ref.limit(batch_size).stream()
    deleted = 0

    async for doc in docs:
        print(f"Deleting doc {doc.id} => {doc.to_dict()}")
        await doc.reference.delete()
        deleted = deleted + 1

    if deleted >= batch_size:
        return delete_collection(coll_ref, batch_size)

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