[DataStore2 module] How would I erase every DataStore for a player?

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#1

This isn’t a question about the DataStoreService, it is for the DataStore2 module by @Kampfkarren

I recently made some changes on how my game stores data (i.e. removing an entire key from a table), but since I had the SaveInStudio option set to true

the old data remained.

This was good for debugging and such (e.g. so I didn’t have to do something again and again to get “500 Coins”).

Now that I have made some changes on how the data is stored, I’m looking to reset each DataStore so that each time I use DataStore:Get(defaultValue) defaultValue is returned, not the data that was saved before.

Example

I have a table which holds the default values for each DataStore, like this:

This is the old way of storing the “Fruit” data:

local DefaultDataStoreValues = {
    Fruit = {
        Blueberry = {Unlocked = true, Amount = 0, InventoryCapacity = 10},
        Banana = {Unlocked = false, Amount = 0, InventoryCapacity = 10}
    }
}

This is the new way of storing the “Fruit” data:

local DefaultDataStoreValues = {
    FruitInventoryCapacity = 10
    Fruit = {
        Blueberry = {Unlocked = true, Amount = 0},
        Banana = {Unlocked = false, Amount = 0}
    }
}

How would I erase data from a player (one time only)?

#2

If you have a new format entirely and aren’t concerned about data loss, you can just use a new key for the data.

Otherwise, you can attach a :BeforeInitialGet and from there check if its the old format, and if it is convert it to a new one.

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#3

Thanks, I’ll just rename the DataStore.