Clear data from Hyper-Converged Database (HCD)

Use these commands if you need to remove all data from a Hyper-Converged Database (HCD) installation.

These commands target the default directories. If you changed your installation’s directories, you must target those paths directly.

Package installation

Stop the HCD service.
Run the following command to clear the data from the default directories:
```
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/cassandra/*
```

Tarball installation

Stop the HCD process.
Change to the directory where you installed HCD:
```
cd INSTALL_DIRECTORY
```
Run the following command to clear the data from the default directories:
```
sudo rm -rf data/* commitlog/* saved_caches/* hints/*
```

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