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What to do if a Node Starts Automatically 
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If, for any reason, the ScyllaDB service started before you had a chance to update the configuration file, some of the system tables may already reflect an incorrect status, and unfortunately, a simple restart will not fix the issue.
In this case, the safest way is to stop the service, clean all of the data, and start the service again.

Procedure
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#. Stop the ScyllaDB service. 

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#. Delete the Data and Commitlog folders.

   .. include:: /rst_include/clean-data-code.rst
   
#. Start the ScyllaDB service.
   
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#. Run 'nodetool status' to verify all nodes are up and joined.   

Additional Topics
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:doc:`Create a ScyllaDB Cluster - Single Data Center (DC) </operating-scylla/procedures/cluster-management/create-cluster>`

:doc:`ScyllaDB Procedures </operating-scylla/procedures/cluster-management/index/>`
