diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index 6f5006c4c..48068789c 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -2,9 +2,35 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 
+from private_gpt.paths import local_data_path
+from private_gpt.settings.settings import settings
 
-def wipe():
-    path = "local_data"
+
+def wipe() -> None:
+    WIPE_MAP = {
+        "simple": wipe_simple,  # node store
+        "chroma": wipe_chroma,  # vector store
+        "postgres": wipe_postgres,  # node, index and vector store
+    }
+    for dbtype in ("nodestore", "vectorstore"):
+        database = getattr(settings(), dbtype).database
+        func = WIPE_MAP.get(database)
+        if func:
+            func(dbtype)
+        else:
+            print(f"Unable to wipe database '{database}' for '{dbtype}'")
+
+
+def wipe_file(file: str) -> None:
+    if os.path.isfile(file):
+        os.remove(file)
+        print(f" - Deleted {file}")
+
+
+def wipe_tree(path: str) -> None:
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        print(f"Warning: Path not found {path}")
+        return
     print(f"Wiping {path}...")
     all_files = os.listdir(path)
 
@@ -24,6 +50,54 @@ def wipe():
             continue
 
 
+def wipe_simple(dbtype: str) -> None:
+    assert dbtype == "nodestore"
+    from llama_index.core.storage.docstore.types import (
+        DEFAULT_PERSIST_FNAME as DOCSTORE,
+    )
+    from llama_index.core.storage.index_store.types import (
+        DEFAULT_PERSIST_FNAME as INDEXSTORE,
+    )
+
+    for store in (DOCSTORE, INDEXSTORE):
+        wipe_file(str((local_data_path / store).absolute()))
+
+
+def wipe_postgres(dbtype: str) -> None:
+    try:
+        import psycopg2
+    except ImportError as e:
+        raise ImportError("Postgres dependencies not found") from e
+
+    cur = conn = None
+    try:
+        tables = {
+            "nodestore": ["data_docstore", "data_indexstore"],
+            "vectorstore": ["data_embeddings"],
+        }[dbtype]
+        connection = settings().postgres.model_dump(exclude_none=True)
+        schema = connection.pop("schema_name")
+        conn = psycopg2.connect(**connection)
+        cur = conn.cursor()
+        for table in tables:
+            sql = f"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {schema}.{table}"
+            cur.execute(sql)
+            print(f"Table {schema}.{table} dropped.")
+        conn.commit()
+    except psycopg2.Error as e:
+        print("Error:", e)
+    finally:
+        if cur:
+            cur.close()
+        if conn:
+            conn.close()
+
+
+def wipe_chroma(dbtype: str):
+    assert dbtype == "vectorstore"
+    wipe_tree(str((local_data_path / "chroma_db").absolute()))
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     commands = {
         "wipe": wipe,