Title: Sweep Timeout?
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Sweep Timeout?

 *  Resolved [Paul Oaten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcaweb/)
 * (@pcaweb)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sweep-timeout/)
 * I recently removed the BruteProtect plugin – it has left the wp_options table
   with transient count as follows:
 * There are a total of 70,657 Options.
 * When I run the sweep, it runs for a short while and then stops (ie. the count
   stops going down if I look at it in phpMyAdmin).
 * However, the plugin status remains as ‘sweeping’.
 * Is there a timeout? If so, how can I clear this enormous amount of transients?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sweep-timeout/#post-6103432)
 * Might be, increase your PHP timeout on your server (you can google for that)?

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 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sweep-timeout/#post-6103432)
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