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mongo-directory-cleaner.bat
mongodump
net stop MongoDB
rmdir C:\data\db /S /Q
mkdir C:\data\db
net start MongoDB
mongorestore
rmdir dump /S /Q
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This assumes that you are running MongoDB as a service in Windows.
Create a new directory which is not in the MongoDB data directory.
Save this file into the new directory and run it.

Steps with some verbosity

  1. Dump database contents to current directory
  2. Stop MongoDB service
  3. Remove the database data directory - plus recursive deletion of subdirectories and done quietly (/Q)
  4. Create the directory again
  5. Start MongoDB service
  6. Call mongorestore which will re-populate the database
  7. Remove the dump directory! All clean and ready to go again

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http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/faq/storage/#faq-disk-size

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