diff --git a/milli/src/index.rs b/milli/src/index.rs
index 2d489fbd1..1747a45fa 100644
--- a/milli/src/index.rs
+++ b/milli/src/index.rs
@@ -1192,8 +1192,8 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
     use crate::error::{Error, InternalError};
     use crate::index::{DEFAULT_MIN_WORD_LEN_ONE_TYPO, DEFAULT_MIN_WORD_LEN_TWO_TYPOS};
     use crate::update::{
-        self, DeleteDocuments, IndexDocuments, IndexDocumentsConfig, IndexDocumentsMethod,
-        IndexerConfig, Settings,
+        self, DeleteDocuments, DeletionStrategy, IndexDocuments, IndexDocumentsConfig,
+        IndexDocumentsMethod, IndexerConfig, Settings,
     };
     use crate::{db_snap, obkv_to_json, Index};
 
@@ -1282,6 +1282,17 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             builder.execute(drop, || false)?;
             Ok(())
         }
+
+        pub fn delete_document(&self, external_document_id: &str) {
+            let mut wtxn = self.write_txn().unwrap();
+
+            let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &self).unwrap();
+            delete.strategy(self.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy);
+
+            delete.delete_external_id(external_document_id);
+            delete.execute().unwrap();
+            wtxn.commit().unwrap();
+        }
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -1487,7 +1498,9 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         use big_s::S;
         use maplit::hashset;
 
-        let index = TempIndex::new();
+        let mut index = TempIndex::new();
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
+        let index = index;
 
         index
             .update_settings(|settings| {
@@ -1657,7 +1670,8 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         }
         // Second Batch: replace the documents with soft-deletion
         {
-            index.index_documents_config.disable_soft_deletion = false;
+            index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy =
+                crate::update::DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
             let mut docs1 = vec![];
             for i in 0..3 {
                 docs1.push(serde_json::json!(
@@ -1726,7 +1740,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         drop(rtxn);
         // Third Batch: replace the documents with soft-deletion again
         {
-            index.index_documents_config.disable_soft_deletion = false;
+            index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
             let mut docs1 = vec![];
             for i in 0..3 {
                 docs1.push(serde_json::json!(
@@ -1795,7 +1809,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
 
         // Fourth Batch: replace the documents without soft-deletion
         {
-            index.index_documents_config.disable_soft_deletion = true;
+            index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard;
             let mut docs1 = vec![];
             for i in 0..3 {
                 docs1.push(serde_json::json!(
@@ -1867,6 +1881,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
     fn bug_3021_first() {
         // https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/3021
         let mut index = TempIndex::new();
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
         index.index_documents_config.update_method = IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments;
 
         index
@@ -1891,11 +1906,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         "###);
         db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, 1, @"[]");
 
-        let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
-        let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        delete.delete_external_id("34");
-        delete.execute().unwrap();
-        wtxn.commit().unwrap();
+        index.delete_document("34");
 
         db_snap!(index, documents_ids, @"[0, ]");
         db_snap!(index, external_documents_ids, 2, @r###"
@@ -1936,11 +1947,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, 4, @"[]");
 
         // We do the test again, but deleting the document with id 0 instead of id 1 now
-        let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
-        let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        delete.delete_external_id("38");
-        delete.execute().unwrap();
-        wtxn.commit().unwrap();
+        index.delete_document("38");
 
         db_snap!(index, documents_ids, @"[1, ]");
         db_snap!(index, external_documents_ids, 5, @r###"
@@ -1987,6 +1994,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
     fn bug_3021_second() {
         // https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/3021
         let mut index = TempIndex::new();
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
         index.index_documents_config.update_method = IndexDocumentsMethod::UpdateDocuments;
 
         index
@@ -2011,11 +2019,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         "###);
         db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, 1, @"[]");
 
-        let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
-        let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        delete.delete_external_id("34");
-        delete.execute().unwrap();
-        wtxn.commit().unwrap();
+        index.delete_document("34");
 
         db_snap!(index, documents_ids, @"[0, ]");
         db_snap!(index, external_documents_ids, 2, @r###"
@@ -2116,6 +2120,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
     fn bug_3021_third() {
         // https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/3021
         let mut index = TempIndex::new();
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
         index.index_documents_config.update_method = IndexDocumentsMethod::UpdateDocuments;
 
         index
@@ -2142,11 +2147,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         "###);
         db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, 1, @"[]");
 
-        let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
-        let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        delete.delete_external_id("3");
-        delete.execute().unwrap();
-        wtxn.commit().unwrap();
+        index.delete_document("3");
 
         db_snap!(index, documents_ids, @"[1, 2, ]");
         db_snap!(index, external_documents_ids, 2, @r###"
@@ -2158,7 +2159,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         "###);
         db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, 2, @"[0, ]");
 
-        index.index_documents_config.disable_soft_deletion = true;
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard;
 
         index.add_documents(documents!([{ "primary_key": "4", "a": 2 }])).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/milli/src/update/delete_documents.rs b/milli/src/update/delete_documents.rs
index 6c0f66685..e442117d0 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/delete_documents.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/delete_documents.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub struct DeleteDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
     index: &'i Index,
     external_documents_ids: ExternalDocumentsIds<'static>,
     to_delete_docids: RoaringBitmap,
-    disable_soft_deletion: bool,
+    strategy: DeletionStrategy,
 }
 
 /// Result of a [`DeleteDocuments`] operation.
@@ -36,6 +36,36 @@ pub struct DocumentDeletionResult {
     pub remaining_documents: u64,
 }
 
+/// Strategy for deleting documents.
+///
+/// - Soft-deleted documents are simply marked as deleted without being actually removed from DB.
+/// - Hard-deleted documents are definitely suppressed from the DB.
+///
+/// Soft-deleted documents trade disk space for runtime performance.
+///
+/// Note that any of these variants can be used at any given moment for any indexation in a database.
+/// For instance, you can use an [`AlwaysSoft`] followed by an [`AlwaysHard`] option without issue.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Default)]
+pub enum DeletionStrategy {
+    #[default]
+    /// Definitely suppress documents according to the number or size of soft-deleted documents
+    Dynamic,
+    /// Never definitely suppress documents
+    AlwaysSoft,
+    /// Always definitely suppress documents
+    AlwaysHard,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for DeletionStrategy {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            DeletionStrategy::Dynamic => write!(f, "dynamic"),
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft => write!(f, "always_soft"),
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard => write!(f, "always_hard"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Result of a [`DeleteDocuments`] operation, used for internal purposes.
 ///
 /// It is a superset of the [`DocumentDeletionResult`] structure, giving
@@ -59,12 +89,12 @@ impl<'t, 'u, 'i> DeleteDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
             index,
             external_documents_ids,
             to_delete_docids: RoaringBitmap::new(),
-            disable_soft_deletion: false,
+            strategy: Default::default(),
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn disable_soft_deletion(&mut self, disable: bool) {
-        self.disable_soft_deletion = disable;
+    pub fn strategy(&mut self, strategy: DeletionStrategy) {
+        self.strategy = strategy;
     }
 
     pub fn delete_document(&mut self, docid: u32) {
@@ -156,33 +186,34 @@ impl<'t, 'u, 'i> DeleteDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
 
         soft_deleted_docids |= &self.to_delete_docids;
 
-        // if we have less documents to delete than the threshold we simply save them in
-        // the `soft_deleted_documents_ids` bitmap and early exit.
-        let size_used = self.index.used_size()?;
-        let map_size = self.index.env.map_size()? as u64;
-        let nb_documents = self.index.number_of_documents(self.wtxn)?;
-        let nb_soft_deleted = soft_deleted_docids.len();
+        // decide for a hard or soft deletion depending on the strategy
+        let soft_deletion = match self.strategy {
+            DeletionStrategy::Dynamic => {
+                // decide to keep the soft deleted in the DB for now if they meet 2 criteria:
+                // 1. There is less than a fixed rate of 50% of soft-deleted to actual documents, *and*
+                // 2. Soft-deleted occupy an average of less than a fixed size on disk
 
-        let percentage_available = 100 - (size_used * 100 / map_size);
-        let estimated_document_size = size_used / (nb_documents + nb_soft_deleted);
-        let estimated_size_used_by_soft_deleted = estimated_document_size * nb_soft_deleted;
-        let percentage_used_by_soft_deleted_documents =
-            estimated_size_used_by_soft_deleted * 100 / map_size;
+                let size_used = self.index.used_size()?;
+                let nb_documents = self.index.number_of_documents(self.wtxn)?;
+                let nb_soft_deleted = soft_deleted_docids.len();
 
-        // if we have more than 10% of disk space available and the soft deleted
-        // documents uses less than 10% of the total space available,
-        // we skip the deletion. Eg.
-        // - With 100Go of disk and 20Go used including 5Go of soft-deleted documents
-        //   We don’t delete anything.
-        // - With 100Go of disk and 95Go used including 1mo of soft-deleted documents
-        //   We run the deletion.
-        // - With 100Go of disk and 50Go used including 15Go of soft-deleted documents
-        //   We run the deletion.
+                (nb_soft_deleted < nb_documents) && {
+                    const SOFT_DELETED_SIZE_BYTE_THRESHOLD: u64 = 1_073_741_824; // 1GiB
 
-        if !self.disable_soft_deletion
-            && percentage_available > 10
-            && percentage_used_by_soft_deleted_documents < 10
-        {
+                    // nb_documents + nb_soft_deleted !=0 because if nb_documents is 0 we short-circuit earlier, and then we moved the documents to delete
+                    // from the documents_docids to the soft_deleted_docids.
+                    let estimated_document_size = size_used / (nb_documents + nb_soft_deleted);
+                    let estimated_size_used_by_soft_deleted =
+                        estimated_document_size * nb_soft_deleted;
+                    estimated_size_used_by_soft_deleted < SOFT_DELETED_SIZE_BYTE_THRESHOLD
+                }
+            }
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft => true,
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard => false,
+        };
+
+        if soft_deletion {
+            // Keep the soft-deleted in the DB
             self.index.put_soft_deleted_documents_ids(self.wtxn, &soft_deleted_docids)?;
             return Ok(DetailedDocumentDeletionResult {
                 deleted_documents: self.to_delete_docids.len(),
@@ -191,7 +222,7 @@ impl<'t, 'u, 'i> DeleteDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
             });
         }
 
-        // There is more than documents to delete than the threshold we needs to delete them all
+        // Erase soft-deleted from DB
         self.to_delete_docids = soft_deleted_docids;
         // and we can reset the soft deleted bitmap
         self.index.put_soft_deleted_documents_ids(self.wtxn, &RoaringBitmap::new())?;
@@ -654,7 +685,7 @@ mod tests {
         wtxn: &mut RwTxn<'t, '_>,
         index: &'t Index,
         external_ids: &[&str],
-        disable_soft_deletion: bool,
+        strategy: DeletionStrategy,
     ) -> Vec<u32> {
         let external_document_ids = index.external_documents_ids(wtxn).unwrap();
         let ids_to_delete: Vec<u32> = external_ids
@@ -664,14 +695,14 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Delete some documents.
         let mut builder = DeleteDocuments::new(wtxn, index).unwrap();
-        builder.disable_soft_deletion(disable_soft_deletion);
+        builder.strategy(strategy);
         external_ids.iter().for_each(|id| drop(builder.delete_external_id(id)));
         builder.execute().unwrap();
 
         ids_to_delete
     }
 
-    fn delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key_(disable_soft_deletion: bool) {
+    fn delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key_(deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
@@ -691,17 +722,17 @@ mod tests {
         builder.delete_document(0);
         builder.delete_document(1);
         builder.delete_document(2);
-        builder.disable_soft_deletion(disable_soft_deletion);
+        builder.strategy(deletion_strategy);
         builder.execute().unwrap();
 
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
 
         // All these snapshots should be empty since the database was cleared
-        db_snap!(index, documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, word_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, word_pair_proximity_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, facet_id_exists_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
+        db_snap!(index, documents_ids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, word_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, word_pair_proximity_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, facet_id_exists_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, deletion_strategy);
 
         let rtxn = index.read_txn().unwrap();
 
@@ -710,11 +741,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key() {
-        delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key_(true);
-        delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key_(false);
+        delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
+        delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
     }
 
-    fn delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key_(disable_soft_deletion: bool) {
+    fn delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key_(strategy: DeletionStrategy) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
         index
@@ -740,24 +771,24 @@ mod tests {
         let mut builder = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
         builder.delete_external_id("0");
         builder.delete_external_id("1");
-        builder.disable_soft_deletion(disable_soft_deletion);
+        builder.strategy(strategy);
         builder.execute().unwrap();
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
 
-        db_snap!(index, documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, word_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, word_pair_proximity_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
+        db_snap!(index, documents_ids, strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, word_docids, strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, word_pair_proximity_docids, strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, strategy);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key() {
-        delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key_(true);
-        delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key_(false);
+        delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
+        delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
     }
 
     fn filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(
-        disable_soft_deletion: bool,
+        deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy,
     ) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
@@ -801,7 +832,7 @@ mod tests {
             )
             .unwrap();
 
-        delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_4", "1_70", "1_72"], disable_soft_deletion);
+        delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_4", "1_70", "1_72"], deletion_strategy);
 
         // Placeholder search with filter
         let filter = Filter::from_str("label = sign").unwrap().unwrap();
@@ -810,21 +841,27 @@ mod tests {
 
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
 
-        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, word_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, facet_id_f64_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, word_pair_proximity_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, facet_id_exists_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, facet_id_string_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
+        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, word_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, facet_id_f64_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, word_pair_proximity_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, facet_id_exists_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, facet_id_string_docids, deletion_strategy);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents() {
-        filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(true);
-        filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(false);
+        filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard,
+        );
+        filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft,
+        );
     }
 
-    fn placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(disable_soft_deletion: bool) {
+    fn placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(
+        deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy,
+    ) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
@@ -865,8 +902,7 @@ mod tests {
             )
             .unwrap();
 
-        let deleted_internal_ids =
-            delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_4"], disable_soft_deletion);
+        let deleted_internal_ids = delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_4"], deletion_strategy);
 
         // Placeholder search
         let results = index.search(&wtxn).execute().unwrap();
@@ -884,11 +920,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents() {
-        placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(true);
-        placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(false);
+        placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
+        placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
     }
 
-    fn search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(disable_soft_deletion: bool) {
+    fn search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
@@ -930,7 +966,7 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
 
         let deleted_internal_ids =
-            delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_7", "1_52"], disable_soft_deletion);
+            delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_7", "1_52"], deletion_strategy);
 
         // search for abstract
         let results = index.search(&wtxn).query("abstract").execute().unwrap();
@@ -945,17 +981,17 @@ mod tests {
 
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
 
-        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
+        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, deletion_strategy);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn search_should_not_return_deleted_documents() {
-        search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(true);
-        search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(false);
+        search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
+        search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
     }
 
     fn geo_filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(
-        disable_soft_deletion: bool,
+        deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy,
     ) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
@@ -993,7 +1029,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let external_ids_to_delete = ["5", "6", "7", "12", "17", "19"];
         let deleted_internal_ids =
-            delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &external_ids_to_delete, disable_soft_deletion);
+            delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &external_ids_to_delete, deletion_strategy);
 
         // Placeholder search with geo filter
         let filter = Filter::from_str("_geoRadius(50.6924, 3.1763, 20000)").unwrap().unwrap();
@@ -1009,18 +1045,22 @@ mod tests {
 
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
 
-        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, facet_id_f64_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
-        db_snap!(index, facet_id_string_docids, disable_soft_deletion);
+        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, facet_id_f64_docids, deletion_strategy);
+        db_snap!(index, facet_id_string_docids, deletion_strategy);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn geo_filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents() {
-        geo_filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(true);
-        geo_filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(false);
+        geo_filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard,
+        );
+        geo_filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(
+            DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft,
+        );
     }
 
-    fn get_documents_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(disable_soft_deletion: bool) {
+    fn get_documents_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
@@ -1063,7 +1103,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let deleted_external_ids = ["1_7", "1_52"];
         let deleted_internal_ids =
-            delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &deleted_external_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
+            delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &deleted_external_ids, deletion_strategy);
 
         // list all documents
         let results = index.all_documents(&wtxn).unwrap();
@@ -1094,16 +1134,16 @@ mod tests {
 
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
 
-        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
+        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, deletion_strategy);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn get_documents_should_not_return_deleted_documents() {
-        get_documents_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(true);
-        get_documents_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(false);
+        get_documents_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
+        get_documents_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
     }
 
-    fn stats_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(disable_soft_deletion: bool) {
+    fn stats_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy) {
         let index = TempIndex::new();
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
@@ -1137,7 +1177,7 @@ mod tests {
             { "docid": "1_69", "label": ["geometry"]}
         ])).unwrap();
 
-        delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_7", "1_52"], disable_soft_deletion);
+        delete_documents(&mut wtxn, &index, &["1_7", "1_52"], deletion_strategy);
 
         // count internal documents
         let results = index.number_of_documents(&wtxn).unwrap();
@@ -1151,12 +1191,12 @@ mod tests {
 
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
 
-        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, disable_soft_deletion);
+        db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, deletion_strategy);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn stats_should_not_return_deleted_documents() {
-        stats_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(true);
-        stats_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(false);
+        stats_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
+        stats_should_not_return_deleted_documents_(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
     }
 }
diff --git a/milli/src/update/facet/delete.rs b/milli/src/update/facet/delete.rs
index 4030f10da..883abc8ca 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/facet/delete.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/facet/delete.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::documents::documents_batch_reader_from_objects;
     use crate::index::tests::TempIndex;
     use crate::update::facet::test_helpers::ordered_string;
-    use crate::update::DeleteDocuments;
+    use crate::update::{DeleteDocuments, DeletionStrategy};
 
     #[test]
     fn delete_mixed_incremental_and_bulk() {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut wtxn = index.env.write_txn().unwrap();
 
         let mut builder = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        builder.disable_soft_deletion(true);
+        builder.strategy(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
         builder.delete_documents(&RoaringBitmap::from_iter(0..100));
         // by deleting the first 100 documents, we expect that:
         // - the "id" part of the DB will be updated in bulk, since #affected_facet_value = 100 which is > database_len / 150 (= 13)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut wtxn = index.env.write_txn().unwrap();
 
         let mut builder = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        builder.disable_soft_deletion(true);
+        builder.strategy(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
         builder.delete_documents(&RoaringBitmap::from_iter(0..100));
         // by deleting the first 100 documents, we expect that:
         // - the "id" part of the DB will be updated in bulk, since #affected_facet_value = 100 which is > database_len / 150 (= 13)
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ mod tests {
         for docid in docids_to_delete.into_iter().take(990) {
             let mut wtxn = index.env.write_txn().unwrap();
             let mut builder = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-            builder.disable_soft_deletion(true);
+            builder.strategy(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
             builder.delete_documents(&RoaringBitmap::from_iter([docid]));
             builder.execute().unwrap();
             wtxn.commit().unwrap();
diff --git a/milli/src/update/facet/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/facet/mod.rs
index fd55204c3..e2895919f 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/facet/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/facet/mod.rs
@@ -463,11 +463,14 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::db_snap;
     use crate::documents::documents_batch_reader_from_objects;
     use crate::index::tests::TempIndex;
+    use crate::update::DeletionStrategy;
 
     #[test]
     fn replace_all_identical_soft_deletion_then_hard_deletion() {
         let mut index = TempIndex::new_with_map_size(4096 * 1000 * 100);
 
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
+
         index
             .update_settings(|settings| {
                 settings.set_primary_key("id".to_owned());
@@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ mod tests {
         db_snap!(index, soft_deleted_documents_ids, "replaced_1_soft", @"6c975deb900f286d2f6456d2d5c3a123");
 
         // Then replace the last document while disabling soft_deletion
-        index.index_documents_config.disable_soft_deletion = true;
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard;
         let mut documents = vec![];
         for i in 999..1000 {
             documents.push(
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
index 74a8d2779..7b8408fe4 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ use crate::documents::{obkv_to_object, DocumentsBatchReader};
 use crate::error::{Error, InternalError, UserError};
 pub use crate::update::index_documents::helpers::CursorClonableMmap;
 use crate::update::{
-    self, IndexerConfig, PrefixWordPairsProximityDocids, UpdateIndexingStep, WordPrefixDocids,
-    WordPrefixPositionDocids, WordsPrefixesFst,
+    self, DeletionStrategy, IndexerConfig, PrefixWordPairsProximityDocids, UpdateIndexingStep,
+    WordPrefixDocids, WordPrefixPositionDocids, WordsPrefixesFst,
 };
 use crate::{Index, Result, RoaringBitmapCodec};
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub struct IndexDocumentsConfig {
     pub words_positions_level_group_size: Option<NonZeroU32>,
     pub words_positions_min_level_size: Option<NonZeroU32>,
     pub update_method: IndexDocumentsMethod,
-    pub disable_soft_deletion: bool,
+    pub deletion_strategy: DeletionStrategy,
     pub autogenerate_docids: bool,
 }
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ where
         // able to simply insert all the documents even if they already exist in the database.
         if !replaced_documents_ids.is_empty() {
             let mut deletion_builder = update::DeleteDocuments::new(self.wtxn, self.index)?;
-            deletion_builder.disable_soft_deletion(self.config.disable_soft_deletion);
+            deletion_builder.strategy(self.config.deletion_strategy);
             debug!("documents to delete {:?}", replaced_documents_ids);
             deletion_builder.delete_documents(&replaced_documents_ids);
             let deleted_documents_result = deletion_builder.execute_inner()?;
diff --git a/milli/src/update/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/mod.rs
index 952720725..2dda24172 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pub use self::available_documents_ids::AvailableDocumentsIds;
 pub use self::clear_documents::ClearDocuments;
-pub use self::delete_documents::{DeleteDocuments, DocumentDeletionResult};
+pub use self::delete_documents::{DeleteDocuments, DeletionStrategy, DocumentDeletionResult};
 pub use self::facet::bulk::FacetsUpdateBulk;
 pub use self::facet::incremental::FacetsUpdateIncrementalInner;
 pub use self::index_documents::{
diff --git a/milli/src/update/prefix_word_pairs/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/prefix_word_pairs/mod.rs
index 01a4de35e..49874993c 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/prefix_word_pairs/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/prefix_word_pairs/mod.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::db_snap;
     use crate::documents::{DocumentsBatchBuilder, DocumentsBatchReader};
     use crate::index::tests::TempIndex;
-    use crate::update::{DeleteDocuments, IndexDocumentsMethod};
+    use crate::update::{DeleteDocuments, DeletionStrategy, IndexDocumentsMethod};
 
     fn documents_with_enough_different_words_for_prefixes(
         prefixes: &[&str],
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
         let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        delete.disable_soft_deletion(true);
+        delete.strategy(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
         delete.delete_documents(&RoaringBitmap::from_iter([50]));
         delete.execute().unwrap();
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
         let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
-        delete.disable_soft_deletion(true);
+        delete.strategy(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard);
         delete.delete_documents(&RoaringBitmap::from_iter(0..50));
         delete.execute().unwrap();
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
         let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
+        delete.strategy(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
         delete.delete_documents(&RoaringBitmap::from_iter([50]));
         delete.execute().unwrap();
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
@@ -446,6 +447,8 @@ mod tests {
 
         let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
         let mut delete = DeleteDocuments::new(&mut wtxn, &index).unwrap();
+        delete.strategy(DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft);
+
         delete.delete_documents(&RoaringBitmap::from_iter(0..50));
         delete.execute().unwrap();
         wtxn.commit().unwrap();
@@ -471,6 +474,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut index = TempIndex::new();
         index.index_documents_config.words_prefix_threshold = Some(50);
         index.index_documents_config.update_method = IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments;
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysSoft;
 
         index
             .update_settings(|settings| {
@@ -530,7 +534,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn replace_hard_deletion() {
         let mut index = TempIndex::new();
         index.index_documents_config.words_prefix_threshold = Some(50);
-        index.index_documents_config.disable_soft_deletion = true;
+        index.index_documents_config.deletion_strategy = DeletionStrategy::AlwaysHard;
         index.index_documents_config.update_method = IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments;
 
         index
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/facet_id_exists_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/word_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/word_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/word_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/word_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/false/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_hard/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/facet_id_exists_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/word_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/word_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/word_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/word_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/true/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_numbers_as_primary_key/always_soft/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/word_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/word_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/word_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/word_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_hard/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/word_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/word_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/false/word_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/word_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/true/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/delete_documents_with_strange_primary_key/always_soft/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/facet_id_exists_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/facet_id_f64_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/facet_id_f64_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/facet_id_f64_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/facet_id_f64_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/facet_id_string_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/facet_id_string_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/facet_id_string_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/facet_id_string_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/soft_deleted_documents_ids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/word_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/word_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/true/word_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/word_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/false/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
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rename from milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/false/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
rename to milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_hard/word_pair_proximity_docids.snap
diff --git a/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/false/facet_id_exists_docids.snap b/milli/src/update/snapshots/delete_documents.rs/filtered_placeholder_search_should_not_return_deleted_documents/always_soft/facet_id_exists_docids.snap
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