Title: Deleting Data Correctly
Last modified: August 21, 2025

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# Deleting Data Correctly

 *  Resolved [stumur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stumur/)
 * (@stumur)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-data-correctly/)
 * Hi Ali,
 * What’s the most thorough way to be sure EVERYTHING is deleted when I delete a
   user’s submission form that I don’t want anymore? I’ve added a few test form 
   submissions lately and they make a large difference to the size of the site. 
   Even when I trash them permanently, the site is still MUCH larger. I tried manually
   removing media files that correctly got put into my media library, and deleting
   the post that got made, but the website size grows by alot for each submission
   received, even when I think they’re deleted and trash cleared. I’ve also tried
   deleting the form from the Megaforms menu. Both ways seem to report the site 
   size is still much bigger than before the submission. How would you suggest I
   do it the best way?
 * Thank you, Stu

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 *  Plugin Author [Ali Khallad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alikhallad/)
 * (@alikhallad)
 * [9 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-data-correctly/#post-18612434)
 * Hey [@stumur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stumur/) ,
 * We fixed this issue in v1.6.2, it now properly deletes all files when you remove
   entries/forms.
 * For existing files, you’ll need to manually delete them from: wp-content/uploads/
   mega-forms/private/
 * Each form has folders like {form-id}-{hash}/ – just delete the folders for the
   forms you removed.
 * After this one-time cleanup, the new version handles everything automatically.
 * Thanks
   Ali
 *  Thread Starter [stumur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stumur/)
 * (@stumur)
 * [9 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-data-correctly/#post-18612546)
 * Thanks so much Ali – it works great!
 *  Thread Starter [stumur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stumur/)
 * (@stumur)
 * [9 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-data-correctly/#post-18612812)
 * One thing – the post submission form option for Post Status has 4 options, but
   the only one that saves with the form is “Pending Review”.. the other 3 don’t
   seem to save when selected and form saved..
 *  Plugin Author [Ali Khallad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alikhallad/)
 * (@alikhallad)
 * [9 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-data-correctly/#post-18612835)
 * Thanks, will fix that in the next version
 *  Plugin Author [Ali Khallad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alikhallad/)
 * (@alikhallad)
 * [9 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-data-correctly/#post-18612837)
 * I’ll mark this as solved, since the deletion issue is fixed.

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 * Last activity: [9 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-data-correctly/#post-18612837)
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