I want to reset the data stores for my game. Is there any way to do this without changing the name of the data store or making a new game?
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How do I reset datastores?
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You don't.
When you want to reset data, you don't delete the old data - You just don't load it. This either means changing the name of the datastore, or changing how you generate the keys: If you're generating the keys based such as "user_" .. Player.UserId, then resetting all player data is simple as changing user_ to something else.
This is an unfortunate limitation in how Roblox handles datastores, however there is not a better way to manage this as Roblox only exposes an in-game API and expects persistence for the foreseeable future; They also expect you to use a testing database for testing, or to not enable Studio API access.
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kid stfu
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LMFAO ^
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Then roblox is wasting server space
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If you REALLY just want to reset them instead of simply renaming them, you'll have to write a script that goes through everything 1 by 1 and removes everything. Otherwise, go with eLunate's answer.
You're trying to give him false hope. Roblox doesn't allow you to aggregate datastore keys - There's no way to do that.
There's a function called RemoveAsync() so try that.