Delete All Existing Product Files Before Import Option

General General Questions
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I am testing to see what the “Delete all existing product files before import” does. I am using version 2.1.4



I have 150 products under my products tab. I have an import products file that has 1 product in it that has a single change from Active to Disabled. If I select the “delete all existing product files before import” button and then upload this import file using the product import module I thought it would delete all products in the database and then replace them with a single product that was disabled.



Yet what happens is that I still have 150 products listed in my product list and the one product I made a change to is changed.



So how do I delete all products and replace them with a new product list using the product import module? If this option is working correctly, what is being deleted when I select the “delete all existing product files before import”? What is a 'product file' and how does it differ from the products listed under the products tab?



I know I can go to the products page and select all products and then delete them and then import the new product list.

2

Yep, just as you said. the delete all before import will only delete the products your are importing.





John