diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php
index ebc89c6315..eb7e1b0d3d 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php
@@ -638,6 +638,17 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		function delete_all()
+		{
+			global $phpgw_info;
+			$sri = ldap_search($this->ldap, $phpgw_info["server"]["ldap_contact_context"], "uidnumber=*");
+			$ldap_fields = ldap_get_entries($this->ldap, $sri);
+
+			$entry = "";
+			while (list($null,$entry) =  each($ldap_fields)) {
+				$err = ldap_delete($this->ldap,$entry['dn']);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 ?>
diff --git a/addressbook/index.php b/addressbook/index.php
index 5ea9d1bd4b..d2808ce8ed 100755
--- a/addressbook/index.php
+++ b/addressbook/index.php
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 		"addressbook_footer"	=> "footer.tpl" ));
 
 	$this = CreateObject("phpgwapi.contacts");
-
+	//$this->delete_all();
+	//exit;
 	// Read in user custom fields, if any
 	$phpgw->preferences->read_repository();
 	$customfields = array();