How to remove device_tracker from database?

Came across this thread after ending up with over 200,000 device_tracker entities in my HA instance. These are the steps that worked for me go get rid of them:

  1. Make a backup just in case
  2. Go to Developer Tools > Actions
  3. Choose “Recorder: Purge entities”
  4. Set Domains to remove: device_tracker
  5. Set Entity globs: device_tracker.**_**_**_**_**_**
  6. Perform Action
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