# Clean slate a canister

**URL:** https://forum.dfinity.org/t/clean-slate-a-canister/61974
**Category:** Developers
**Created:** [December 29, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/clean-slate-a-canister/61974 "2025-12-29T09:38:41Z")
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### Author: ![kayicp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/kayicp/32/36679_2.png) [@kayicp](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/kayicp)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/clean-slate-a-canister/61974/1 "2025-12-29T09:38:41Z")

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i have a canister on ic.

i want to reset the data, functions, memory, everything without doing any migration.

is this possible? and how?

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### Author: ![free](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/free/32/615_2.png) [@free](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/free)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/clean-slate-a-canister/61974/2 "2025-12-29T09:41:30Z")

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You can simply [uninstall](https://docs.internetcomputer.org/building-apps/developer-tools/dfx/dfx-canister/#dfx-canister-uninstall-code) it.