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 dbe095dd5..85bd8636a 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/delete_documents.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/delete_documents.rs
@@ -685,7 +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
@@ -695,14 +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();
@@ -722,17 +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();
 
@@ -741,11 +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
@@ -771,24 +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();
 
@@ -832,7 +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();
@@ -841,21 +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();
@@ -896,8 +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();
@@ -915,11 +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();
@@ -961,7 +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();
@@ -976,17 +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();
 
@@ -1024,7 +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();
@@ -1040,18 +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();
@@ -1094,7 +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();
@@ -1125,16 +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();
@@ -1168,7 +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();
@@ -1182,12 +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/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