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DROP TABLE is the most scalable Postgres data-deletion strategy. The reason? A complex interplay between Postgres MVCC, replication, and how indexes work.
5:08 PM · Oct 30, 2026
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Sujal
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and if you partition by month you get to DROP the old partitions instead of the whole table

DROP TABLE is the most scalable Postgres data-deletion strategy. The reason? A complex interplay between Postgres MVCC, replication, and how indexes work.

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