diff --git a/server/src/domain/repositories/search.repository.ts b/server/src/domain/repositories/search.repository.ts
index 8566fcd8e50b9..c9fec3cf71c79 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/repositories/search.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/repositories/search.repository.ts
@@ -187,4 +187,5 @@ export interface ISearchRepository {
   searchFaces(search: FaceEmbeddingSearch): Promise<FaceSearchResult[]>;
   upsert(smartInfo: Partial<SmartInfoEntity>, embedding?: Embedding): Promise<void>;
   searchPlaces(placeName: string): Promise<GeodataPlacesEntity[]>;
+  deleteAllSearchEmbeddings(): Promise<void>;
 }
diff --git a/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.spec.ts b/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.spec.ts
index 5da7b7824bb98..9835ea1a53521 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.spec.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ describe(SmartInfoService.name, () => {
 
       expect(jobMock.queueAll).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ name: JobName.SMART_SEARCH, data: { id: assetStub.image.id } }]);
       expect(assetMock.getWithout).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ skip: 0, take: 1000 }, WithoutProperty.SMART_SEARCH);
+      expect(searchMock.deleteAllSearchEmbeddings).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it('should queue all the assets', async () => {
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ describe(SmartInfoService.name, () => {
 
       expect(jobMock.queueAll).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{ name: JobName.SMART_SEARCH, data: { id: assetStub.image.id } }]);
       expect(assetMock.getAll).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(searchMock.deleteAllSearchEmbeddings).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.ts b/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.ts
index d193b29b510c3..19d5668cc5a93 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/smart-info/smart-info.service.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export class SmartInfoService {
       return true;
     }
 
+    if (force) {
+      await this.repository.deleteAllSearchEmbeddings();
+    }
+
     const assetPagination = usePagination(JOBS_ASSET_PAGINATION_SIZE, (pagination) => {
       return force
         ? this.assetRepository.getAll(pagination)
diff --git a/server/src/infra/repositories/person.repository.ts b/server/src/infra/repositories/person.repository.ts
index 63b3d570efa5e..3a7ec29466d3d 100644
--- a/server/src/infra/repositories/person.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/infra/repositories/person.repository.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ export class PersonRepository implements IPersonRepository {
   }
 
   async deleteAll(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.personRepository.delete({});
+    await this.personRepository.clear();
   }
 
   async deleteAllFaces(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.assetFaceRepository.delete({});
+    await this.assetFaceRepository.query('TRUNCATE TABLE asset_faces CASCADE');
   }
 
   getAllFaces(
diff --git a/server/src/infra/repositories/search.repository.ts b/server/src/infra/repositories/search.repository.ts
index 089640128c890..c8dc5070f753c 100644
--- a/server/src/infra/repositories/search.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/infra/repositories/search.repository.ts
@@ -229,25 +229,17 @@ export class SearchRepository implements ISearchRepository {
     this.logger.log(`Updating database CLIP dimension size to ${dimSize}.`);
 
     await this.smartSearchRepository.manager.transaction(async (manager) => {
-      await manager.query(`DROP TABLE smart_search`);
-
-      await manager.query(`
-        CREATE TABLE smart_search (
-          "assetId"  uuid PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES assets(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-          embedding  vector(${dimSize}) NOT NULL )`);
-
-      await manager.query(`
-        CREATE INDEX clip_index ON smart_search
-          USING vectors (embedding vector_cos_ops) WITH (options = $$
-          [indexing.hnsw]
-          m = 16
-          ef_construction = 300
-          $$)`);
+      await manager.clear(SmartSearchEntity);
+      await manager.query(`ALTER TABLE smart_search ALTER COLUMN embedding SET DATA TYPE vector(${dimSize})`);
     });
 
     this.logger.log(`Successfully updated database CLIP dimension size from ${curDimSize} to ${dimSize}.`);
   }
 
+  deleteAllSearchEmbeddings(): Promise<void> {
+    return this.smartSearchRepository.clear();
+  }
+
   private async getDimSize(): Promise<number> {
     const res = await this.smartSearchRepository.manager.query(`
       SELECT atttypmod as dimsize
diff --git a/server/test/repositories/search.repository.mock.ts b/server/test/repositories/search.repository.mock.ts
index 06a2cb76d02db..5912d77451f45 100644
--- a/server/test/repositories/search.repository.mock.ts
+++ b/server/test/repositories/search.repository.mock.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ export const newSearchRepositoryMock = (): jest.Mocked<ISearchRepository> => {
     searchFaces: jest.fn(),
     upsert: jest.fn(),
     searchPlaces: jest.fn(),
+    deleteAllSearchEmbeddings: jest.fn(),
   };
 };