import datetime from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand class Command(NoArgsCommand): help = "Can be run as a cronjob or directly to clean out old data from the database (only expired sessions at the moment)." def handle_noargs(self, **options): from django.db import transaction from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session Session.objects.filter(expire_date__lt=datetime.datetime.now()).delete() transaction.commit_unless_managed()