Improve removing all items from a SharePoint list without the need to loop thorugh all items

[mvcsharepointdev]

I have this method inside my .net core console application : -

  private static async Task ClearList(PnPContext context, string listname)
    {

        var varList = context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle(listname, p => p.Title,
                                                             p => p.Fields.QueryProperties(p => p.InternalName,
                                                                                           p => p.FieldTypeKind,
                                                                                           p => p.TypeAsString,
                                                                                           p => p.Title));

        // Build a query that only returns these fields for the Work Orders
        string viewXml = @"<View Scope='RecursiveAll'>
                <ViewFields>
                  <FieldRef Name='ID' />
                
                </ViewFields>
                <Query>

                </Query>
               </View>";

        // Load all the needed data using paged requests
        bool paging = true;
        string nextPage = null;
        while (paging)
        {
            var output = await varList.LoadListDataAsStreamAsync(new RenderListDataOptions()
            {
                ViewXml = viewXml,
                RenderOptions = RenderListDataOptionsFlags.ListData,
                Paging = nextPage ?? null,
            }).ConfigureAwait(false);

            if (output.ContainsKey("NextHref"))
            {
                nextPage = output["NextHref"].ToString().Substring(1);
            }
            else
            {
                paging = false;
            }
        }
        foreach (var t in varList.Items.AsRequested())
        {

            await t.DeleteBatchAsync();
        }
        await context.ExecuteAsync();
    }
    }

Where i am passing the SharePoint list name, and the code will get all items and remove the items one by one.. But this is a bit slow.. so if there a faster way to clear a SharePoint online list? mainly without the need to get all items as a first step?

Thanks

[jansenbe]

@mvcsharepointdev : I'm not aware of a faster item deletion for lists, you're using the batched approach which is good. Depending on the complexity of your list you could also drop the list and then recreate, however if you require complex provisioning that might not always be faster and maybe there's other processes that could fail if the list is temporarily gone