-- set all column values to null to reclaim disk space -- https://dba.stackexchange.com/a/117513 ALTER TABLE post_like ALTER COLUMN published DROP NOT NULL; UPDATE post_like SET published = NULL; ALTER TABLE comment_like ALTER COLUMN published DROP NOT NULL; UPDATE comment_like SET published = NULL; ALTER TABLE comment_like ALTER COLUMN post_id DROP NOT NULL; UPDATE post_like SET post_id = NULL; -- drop the columns ALTER TABLE post_like DROP published; ALTER TABLE comment_like DROP published; ALTER TABLE comment_like DROP post_id;