# offloading a manifest from memory

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/offloading-a-manifest-from-memory/689>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 4, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/offloading-a-manifest-from-memory/689 "2014-04-04T17:18:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/offloading-a-manifest-from-memory/689/1 "2014-04-04T17:18:06Z")

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Hi there … is there any way to clear from memory a DVR manifest loaded?

I mean, I’d like to force a reload of the manifest without restarting Wowza or the virtual instance

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/offloading-a-manifest-from-memory/689/2 "2014-04-08T01:03:03Z")

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A manifest is loaded in a player. You can re-start the player, or you can limit the size of the manifest using the [Playlist Request API](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-wowza-ndvr-playlist-request-api)

The DVR store, DVR chunks that have been written to disk, can be limited by setting the WindowDuration. I’m not sure there is a safe way to purge or manually delete the store, it might cause problems.

Richard