Body: <p>CiviCRM 4.1.5</p>
  
  <p>We have some people convinced that search performance would be speeded up by deleting activities against and individuals record. I have my doubts. Does anyone have any ideas about this?</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-06-26T03:29:35.043Z
Comments.Text: I recommend you make two copies of your database, and sit them side by side, then delete the historic activities from one, test search times and report your results as an answer! [Sharing a little research](https://gist.github.com/xurizaemon/795696d1e8b25b8b9130) can be really useful to the community.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Chris Burgess
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-06-26T03:33:06.897Z
Comments.Text: That's an excellent suggestion.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Vietyank
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-07-02T18:47:33.597Z
Comments.Text: What was the outcome? You can answer your own question on Stack Exchange :)
Comments.UserDisplayName: Chris Burgess
Tags: <activities><contacts>
Title: Would deleting activities improve search performance
ThreadText: # Would deleting activities improve search performance
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-26)
  
  CiviCRM 4.1.5
  
  We have some people convinced that search performance would be speeded up by deleting activities against and individuals record. I have my doubts. Does anyone have any ideas about this?
  
  **Tags:** activities, contacts
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I recommend you make two copies of your database, and sit them side by side, then delete the historic activities from one, test search times and report your results as an answer! [Sharing a little research](https://gist.github.com/xurizaemon/795696d1e8b25b8b9130) can be really useful to the community.  
  > **username_0**: That's an excellent suggestion.  
  > **username_1**: What was the outcome? You can answer your own question on Stack Exchange :)  
  
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