Title: Plugin data are not cleared from database on plugin removal
Last modified: January 21, 2019

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# Plugin data are not cleared from database on plugin removal

 *  [Christodoulos Demetriou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooulakis13/)
 * (@tooulakis13)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-data-are-not-cleared-from-database-on-plugin-removal/)
 * There is no option to remove the residual data that the plugin inserted in my
   database when I uninstall the plugin, neither does it removes the data when it
   is uninstalled.

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 *  [monbauza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbauza/)
 * (@monbauza)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-data-are-not-cleared-from-database-on-plugin-removal/#post-11144608)
 * Hi [@tooulakis13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooulakis13/),
 * Thanks for your comment.
 * This is to preserve your SEO data and plugin settings in case you decide to install
   and activate the plugin at a later time. For a complete uninstallation, please
   refer to this KB article: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-can-i-uninstall-my-plugin/#database](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-can-i-uninstall-my-plugin/#database)
 * There was a feature request in our plugin repository to add an option to remove
   Yoast SEO meta data from the database. However, the request is closed as our 
   developers decided not to implement it. If you still want to contribute to the
   feature request and leave a comment explaining your use case, please feel free
   to do so here: [https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/12012](https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/12012)
 * Thanks!

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