If a player wants to start a new game, how would I delete their data in the datastore
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How to delete a player's data in datastore?
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Overwriting keys
Using DataStoreService, the only way you can change a value is by overwriting the former. The same thing applies with removing keys or values as well. Just like how you'd "remove" a variable in a script by setting it to nil, you'd do the same thing in data store with whatever set method you're using (SetAsync, UpdateAsync, etc) - just save a nil value. Here's an example:
local data = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Test")
data:SetAsync("Key", "Hello there") -- Assign a value
wait(10) -- Keep the value for 10 seconds
data:SetAsync("Key", nil) -- Essentially removing the value.
That's about it, simple as that. Let me know if you have any questions!
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So I just have to reset their values to 0
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Well, if you want their saved data to return 0, yes. But if you want the value completely gone, you'd set it to nil as demonstrated in the example.
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Last time I did that, I had to write on line one data:SetAsync(key, {})
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You can just reset all the values, or do the same thing you do to a new player that enters the game, give them a new data set...
The simplest way would be to make a new key as you caould the port data over. To delete all of the data we would need to know how it is stored. ps cool hat.