Session database table cleanup

Does this table need to be purged or is it taken care of automatically by Django?

1. Django 1.6 or Above
```
python manage.py clearsessions
```
2. Django 1.5 or lower
```
python manage.py cleanup
```
3. From Django Shell
```
from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
Session.objects.all().delete()
```
4. django-session-cleanup
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On my `development server`, I prefer a database command over `python manage.py clearsessions` because you delete all sessions, not just the expired ones (here: MySQL). To login into your database and do:

truncate table django_session;

BTW, `session` is not a database, but a table (django_session) and an app (`django.contrib.sessions`).

Django does NOT provide automatic purging. There is however a handy command available to help you do it manually: [Django docs: Clearing the session store](

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python manage.py clearsessions

I know this post is old but I tried this command/attribute and it worked for me.

In the 'base.html' file, I inserted:
{{ request.session.clear_expired }}

This clears expired records from the django_session table when the user clicks on any link in the template after the session expires.

Even so, it is necessary to create a routine to clear expired records over a period longer than one day. This is necessary to clear logs when user closes browser with open sessions.

I used Django 3.2.4

Other method:

I'm using Django 3.2 and i recommend using the [django-auto-logout][1] package.

It allows active time and idle time session control.

In the template you can use variables together with Javascript.


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