Thread: Partial/interrupted VACUUM FULL?

We have a pretty large table with many deleted rows. A normal VACUUM of
this table now takes over an hour. I'd like to run a full VACUUM to
recover the mostly wasted space, but I know it will take several hours.
Can I do a VACUUM FULL for a while, and interrupt it (CTRL-C at the psql
prompt) without undoing its progress?

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Jeff Boes <jboes@nexcerpt.com> writes:
> Can I do a VACUUM FULL for a while, and interrupt it (CTRL-C at the psql
> prompt) without undoing its progress?

No.  You can safely interrupt it, but you won't have accomplished
anything if you do.

            regards, tom lane