Clearing Failed Jobs in Laravel
We don't often want failed jobs to hang around in our Laravel queues once we've fixed an issue or re-tried a job. Let's look at flushing our queue whether you use Horizon or not.
Using queue:flush
To clear failed jobs in Laravel, use the php artisan queue:flush command:
php artisan queue:flush
There aren't many options to pass to this command, except hours, which allows you to specify the number of hours to retain failed job data.
Simple! But, if you're using Laravel Horizon, the queue:flush command won't remove failed jobs.
Using Laravel Horizon
Failed jobs are automatically cleared after 7 days if you use Horizon, but if you need to clear all failed jobs immediately, use the horizon:forget command with the --all option:
php artisan horizon:forget --all
If you need to clear a specific job, you can pass in the UUID of the failed job you'd like to remove:
php artisan horizon:forget 'ccf69080-e78d-4dbf-89b0-66ea64c6859e'
You'll be able to find the job UUID within your Horizon dashboard.
