[Django]-Session database table cleanup

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
   cornJob

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).

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 package.

It allows active time and idle time session control.

In the template you can use variables together with Javascript.