MQTT delete unused Payload

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Is the question “how do I remove a retained payload from my broker” ?

Clearing MQTT retained messages

Clearing retained messages in mosquitto Purpose The purpose of this tutorial is to present solutions to clear retained messages in the Eclipse Mosquitto MQTT Broker. Retained messages can be troublesome and/or unwanted. Many mosquitto tutorials included a retain option in the configuration and setup of mosquitto. This is likely to create problems in the future. This tutorial is created for Linux users with a package installation on mosquitto. Other users will have to find the files and paths r…