Title: Cannot remove Elementor options
Last modified: March 2, 2025

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# Cannot remove Elementor options

 *  [michaeltrotz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeltrotz/)
 * (@michaeltrotz)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-remove-elementor-options/)
 * Hello – I have been using this plugin to disable autoloaded options.
 * However, there are a number of autoloaded options on the site (e.g. elementor_pro_remote_info_api_data_3.2.1)
   that all seem to relate to the Elementor page builder, which I stopped using 
   3 years ago. I would like to disable autoloading of these options as they account
   for about 250Kb of data. However, when I try to do this from Tools->Site Health,
   the response is “The option does not exist” and the option is not removed.
 * Can anyone suggest how to disable these options?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Weston Ruter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/westonruter/)
 * (@westonruter)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-remove-elementor-options/#post-18339630)
 * Here’s the source code for where that error is coming from:
 * [https://github.com/WordPress/performance/blob/5f47f0a41ad9a412a4569bdefc172bd1dc6f317c/plugins/performance-lab/includes/site-health/audit-autoloaded-options/hooks.php#L70-L74](https://github.com/WordPress/performance/blob/5f47f0a41ad9a412a4569bdefc172bd1dc6f317c/plugins/performance-lab/includes/site-health/audit-autoloaded-options/hooks.php#L70-L74)
 * I wonder, if you edit that line:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       wp_die( esc_html__( 'The option does not exist.', 'performance-lab' ) );
       ```
   
 * To also dump out the option:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       wp_die( esc_html__( 'The option does not exist:', 'performance-lab' ) . esc_html( " $option_name" ) );
       ```
   
 * What is the result? I wonder if the option name is getting modified somehow in
   the submission process.
 *  [khalid092](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khalid092/)
 * (@khalid092)
 * [11 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-remove-elementor-options/#post-18513894)
 * Thanks for bringing this up, Michael. We faced a similar issue on our real estate
   site [The Real Estate Karachi](https://therealestatepk.com) — Elementor-related
   options continued to autoload even after complete removal of the plugin.
 * Here’s what worked for us:
    1. We used a plugin like **Advanced DB Cleaner** to scan and manually remove orphaned
       options (look for `elementor_%` in wp_options).
    2. Accessed the database directly via phpMyAdmin and ran: sqlCopyEdit`SELECT * 
       FROM wp_options WHERE option_name LIKE '%elementor%';` Then carefully deleted
       unused ones **only if we were sure** they weren’t required by any active plugin
       or theme.
    3. As a safety step, we also disabled autoloading for certain options like: sqlCopyEdit`
       UPDATE wp_options SET autoload = 'no' WHERE option_name = 'elementor_pro_remote_info_api_data_3.2.1';`
 * If Site Health is returning “option does not exist,” it may be a permissions 
   or database cache issue. Try clearing object cache (if using any) and reloading
   the Site Health tool.
 * Hope this helps!

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 * Last activity: [11 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-remove-elementor-options/#post-18513894)
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