rvashishth opened a new issue #9597: URL: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/9597
**Is your enhancement request related to a problem? Please describe.** When retention policies are applied on a topic. Messages acknowledged for all subscription are kept on topic storage because of retention policies. At time we are required to clear up all data from topic storage. **Describe the solution you'd like** There should be an api, which allow api user to delete all acknowledged message from topic storage. **Describe alternatives you've considered** NA **Additional context** Below storage size contains the message retained on topic due to retention policies. These messages were already consumed by subscribers. We need a way to delete these messages only. while keep the topic around. <img width="1833" alt="Screenshot 2021-02-16 at 4 41 24 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6093884/108056964-fba13f80-7077-11eb-9a54-6ea99ac3885f.png";> ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
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