diff --git a/src/update/clear_documents.rs b/src/update/clear_documents.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a19692e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/update/clear_documents.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use roaring::RoaringBitmap;
+use crate::Index;
+
+pub struct ClearDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
+    wtxn: &'t mut heed::RwTxn<'u>,
+    index: &'i Index,
+}
+
+impl<'t, 'u, 'i> ClearDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
+    pub fn new(wtxn: &'t mut heed::RwTxn<'u>, index: &'i Index) -> ClearDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
+        ClearDocuments { wtxn, index }
+    }
+
+    pub fn execute(self) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+        let Index {
+            main: _main,
+            word_docids,
+            docid_word_positions,
+            word_pair_proximity_docids,
+            documents,
+        } = self.index;
+
+        // We clear the word fst.
+        self.index.put_words_fst(self.wtxn, &fst::Set::default())?;
+
+        // We clear the users ids documents ids.
+        self.index.put_users_ids_documents_ids(self.wtxn, &fst::Map::default())?;
+
+        // We retrieve the documents ids.
+        let documents_ids = self.index.documents_ids(self.wtxn)?;
+
+        // We clear the internal documents ids.
+        self.index.put_documents_ids(self.wtxn, &RoaringBitmap::default())?;
+
+        // We clear the word docids.
+        word_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+
+        // We clear the docid word positions.
+        docid_word_positions.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+
+        // We clear the word pair proximity docids.
+        word_pair_proximity_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+
+        // We clear the documents themselves.
+        documents.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+
+        Ok(documents_ids.len() as usize)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/update/mod.rs b/src/update/mod.rs
index aa5ad7e26..8476ca7ee 100644
--- a/src/update/mod.rs
+++ b/src/update/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 mod available_documents_ids;
+mod clear_documents;
 mod update_builder;
 mod update_store;
 
 pub use self::available_documents_ids::AvailableDocumentsIds;
+pub use self::clear_documents::ClearDocuments;
 pub use self::update_builder::UpdateBuilder;
 pub use self::update_store::UpdateStore;
diff --git a/src/update/update_builder.rs b/src/update/update_builder.rs
index 1910a8909..64602eae1 100644
--- a/src/update/update_builder.rs
+++ b/src/update/update_builder.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use roaring::RoaringBitmap;
 
 use crate::{Index, BEU32};
+use super::clear_documents::ClearDocuments;
 
 pub struct UpdateBuilder {
     log_every_n: usize,
@@ -98,53 +99,6 @@ impl UpdateBuilder {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct ClearDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
-    wtxn: &'t mut heed::RwTxn<'u>,
-    index: &'i Index,
-}
-
-impl<'t, 'u, 'i> ClearDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
-    fn new(wtxn: &'t mut heed::RwTxn<'u>, index: &'i Index) -> ClearDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
-        ClearDocuments { wtxn, index }
-    }
-
-    pub fn execute(self) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
-        let Index {
-            main: _main,
-            word_docids,
-            docid_word_positions,
-            word_pair_proximity_docids,
-            documents,
-        } = self.index;
-
-        // We clear the word fst.
-        self.index.put_words_fst(self.wtxn, &fst::Set::default())?;
-
-        // We clear the users ids documents ids.
-        self.index.put_users_ids_documents_ids(self.wtxn, &fst::Map::default())?;
-
-        // We retrieve the documents ids.
-        let documents_ids = self.index.documents_ids(self.wtxn)?;
-
-        // We clear the internal documents ids.
-        self.index.put_documents_ids(self.wtxn, &RoaringBitmap::default())?;
-
-        // We clear the word docids.
-        word_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
-
-        // We clear the docid word positions.
-        docid_word_positions.clear(self.wtxn)?;
-
-        // We clear the word pair proximity docids.
-        word_pair_proximity_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
-
-        // We clear the documents themselves.
-        documents.clear(self.wtxn)?;
-
-        Ok(documents_ids.len() as usize)
-    }
-}
-
 pub struct DeleteDocuments<'t, 'u, 'i> {
     wtxn: &'t mut heed::RwTxn<'u>,
     index: &'i Index,