# Deleting Materialized View and affect on tombstone data, disk usage

**URL:** https://forum.scylladb.com/t/deleting-materialized-view-and-affect-on-tombstone-data-disk-usage/2504
**Category:** ScyllaDB
**Tags:** materialized-views, tombstone
**Created:** [August 18, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/deleting-materialized-view-and-affect-on-tombstone-data-disk-usage/2504 "2024-08-18T09:29:42Z")
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### Author: ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/guy/32/9_2.png) [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/deleting-materialized-view-and-affect-on-tombstone-data-disk-usage/2504/1 "2024-08-18T09:29:42Z")

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> [**Originally from the User Slack**](https://scylladb-users.slack.com/)
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> ![Peter_Flockhart](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/7/7bc56df5cc23abf00f1e30ee9aa4fc2f32cf60cd.png) **@Peter\_Flockhart:** When deleting a Materialized View, what are the variables that affect the timeline of all that tombstoned data? I.e. when can I expect to see a reduction in disk use after deleting a materialized view?  
> and additionally, will `nodetool cleanup` result in the cleanup of this data - or does that only affect data that is no longer part of a node’s token range?
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> ![avi](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/1X/b5e08becda8d9df1abff1d3a2d9ffe1126ac3fc6.jpeg) **@avi:** With DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW the effect should be immediate. You may want to check if any snapshots were created and delete them too.