RabbitMQ

How to Delete all the queues from RabbitMQ?

1. Using Policies - Management Console

• Go to Management Console
• Click on Admin tab
• Policies tab (on the right side)
• Add Policy
• Fill Fields
  • Virtual Host: Select (Default is /hyperion)
  • Name: Expire All Policies(Delete Later)
  • Pattern: .*
  • Apply to: Queues
  • Definition: expires with value 1 (change type from String to Number)
• Click on Add / update policy
• Checkout Queues tab again, all queues must be deleted.

Warning

You must remove this policy after this operation.

2. Using command line

First, list your queues:

rabbitmqadmin list queues name 

Then from the list, you'll need to manually delete them one by one:

rabbitmqadmin delete queue name='queuename' 

Because of the output format, doesn't appear you can grep the response from list queues.

Alternatively, if you're just looking for a way to clear everything, use:

rabbitmqctl stop_app
rabbitmqctl reset
rabbitmqctl start_app

Warning

Be sure you really want to do this! This gonna reset all your rabbitMQ configuration, and return it to the default state.