Managing the MySQL Database Configure MySQL Settings Running MySQL on a Separate Machine Purging Data from Console UI You can archive or purge data from Console (for example, purge all sessions before January 1, 2000) by clicking the Purge button from the Database Backups page and completing the fields. Purging Data from the Command Line Use the aspera:db:archive command to purge data from the Console database. Restoring Purged Data If you selected Save data being purged? when you purged Console data using the UI, you can restore purged data with a MySQL data import.