# FLUSHDB

```json metadata
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  "schema_version": 2,
  "title": "FLUSHDB",
  "description": "Remove all keys from the current database.",
  "categories": ["docs","develop","stack","oss","rs","rc","oss","kubernetes","clients"],
  "arguments": [{"arguments":[{"display_text":"async","name":"async","since":"4.0.0","token":"ASYNC","type":"pure-token"},{"display_text":"sync","name":"sync","since":"6.2.0","token":"SYNC","type":"pure-token"}],"name":"flush-type","optional":true,"type":"oneof"}],
  "syntax_fmt": "FLUSHDB [ASYNC | SYNC]",
  "complexity": "O(N) where N is the number of keys in the selected database",
  "group": "server",
  "command_flags": ["write"],
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  "arity": -1,
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```

> [!NOTE]
> This command's behavior varies in clustered Redis environments. See the [multi-key operations](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/using-commands/multi-key-operations) page for more information.


Delete all the keys of the currently selected DB.
This command never fails.

By default, `FLUSHDB` will synchronously flush all keys from the database.
Starting with Redis 6.2, setting the `lazyfree-lazy-user-flush` configuration directive to `yes` changes the default flush mode to asynchronous.

## Optional arguments

<details open><summary><code>ASYNC | SYNC</code></summary>

Flush asynchronously (`ASYNC`) or synchronously (`SYNC`). The default is set by the `lazyfree-lazy-user-flush` configuration directive.

</details>

## Details

* An asynchronous `FLUSHDB` command only deletes keys that were present at the time the command was invoked. Keys created during an asynchronous flush will be unaffected.
* This command does not delete functions.
* When using Redis Cluster, this command is identical to `FLUSHALL` since a Redis Cluster supports only one database with an ID of zero.

## Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility

| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style="min-width: 9em; display: table-cell">Notes</span> |
|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|
| <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Not supported"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active\*</nobr></span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Not supported"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active</nobr></span> | \*Can use the [Active-Active flush API request](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/rest-api/requests/crdbs/flush). |

## Return information

**RESP2:**

[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`.

**RESP3:**

[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`.