---
title: "Downgrade from Database 6.1.0 to 6.0.0"
description: "Instructions for downgrading Aerospike Database from version 6.1.0 to 6.0.0, including shared memory cleanup."
---

# Downgrade from Database 6.1.0 to 6.0.0

> For the complete documentation index see: [llms.txt](https://aerospike.com/docs/llms.txt)
> 
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## Downgrade instructions for 6.1.0 with secondary index in shared memory

If you have to downgrade from a deployment of Database 6.1.0 that has a secondary index stored in shared memory, delete the following shared memory segments after stopping the server (asd) in order to reclaim this memory.

Run the following command:

```plaintext
ipcs | grep ^0xa2 | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -i ipcrm -M {}
```

::: note
Downgrading from 6.1.0 will force a cold start.
:::