---
title: "Clearing Database"
slug: "application-security-clearing-database"
updated: 2025-04-15T10:53:26Z
published: 2025-04-15T10:53:26Z
canonical: "docs.fmad.io/application-security-clearing-database"
---

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# Clearing Database

Systems database can be reset using the following steps.

### Step 1) change dir

Inside the LXC container (e.g. the command prompt is GREEN)

Change to the folder

```plaintext
/root/suricata/
```

Example output

```plaintext
root@fmadio200v4-636-suricata:~# cd /root/suricata/
root@fmadio200v4-636-suricata:~/suricata#
```

### Step 2) reset the database

Resetting the database as follows

```plaintext
./reset_db
```

Example output is shown below

```plaintext
root@fmadio200v4-636-suricata:~/suricata# ./reset_db
root@fmadio200v4-636-suricata:~/suricata#
```

### Step 3) Confirm no data

Using the grafana dashboard confirm no data is visible