Deleted products description still there
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Hi, I’ve been messing around with importing products, and got my CSV the way I want it now. But, when importing products, the description just gets added on the ‘existing’ description, even though I deleted all the products. I’ve been looking around in the database, but somehow can’t find it.
When I upload the csv and press import, the description example shows the description about 7-8 times. Any idea on how to fix this?
Thanks
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Hello,
Can you go to WooCommerce > Status > Tools, and clear transients to see if that helps?
Link to image: https://snipboard.io/DQdJSW.jpgIf the issue persists, please share a copy of your site’s System Status. You can find it via WooCommerce > Status. Select “Get system report” and then “Copy for support”. Once you’ve done that, paste it here in your response.
Hi Maykato,
Thanks for your response. I already tried clearing the transients, but sadly it didn’t work.
Here is the System status:
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Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wc_product_attributes_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wc_product_meta_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.09MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wc_rate_limits: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wc_reserved_stock: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wc_tax_rate_classes: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wc_webhooks: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wt_iew_action_history: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB wp_wt_iew_mapping_template: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB ### Post Type Counts ### attachment: 188 custom_css: 2 customize_changeset: 25 elementor_library: 14 nav_menu_item: 49 page: 8 post: 2 revision: 277 shop_coupon: 1 wp_global_styles: 1 ### Security ### Secure connection (HTTPS): ✔ Hide errors from visitors: ✔ ### Active Plugins (13) ### Add to Cart Button Labels for WooCommerce: door Algoritmika Ltd – 2.0.0 Ajax Load More: door Darren Cooney – 5.5.2 Elementor 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Product CSV Import Export (BASIC): door WebToffee – 2.1.8plugin.Can you please confirm if you’re using this plugin or the WooCommerce native Product CSV importer?
If you’re using the WebToffee plugin, I would recommend you to contact them here:
https://www.webtoffee.com/support/However, if you’re using the WooCommerce product importer, can you please test for plugin and theme conflict? Get to know how here:
https://woocommerce.com/document/how-to-test-for-conflicts/
I hope this information helps!
Best regards,
Hi Sergio, I tried to use that after I got the issue with the repeating description, but with that plugin I have the exact same issue. I’ll remove it, but the issue was there before I had installed the WebToffee plugin. I’ll test plugin and theme conflict. Thanks!
Still not working sadly, I think Woocommerce somehow stores the data in the database linked to the product’s name, but doesn’t clear it if I cancel the importing. Any clue how to fully remove and reïnstall woocommerce including cache and WP Tables? I don’t have any products on the website right now anyways, so I don’t mind setting up WooCommerce again from scratch.
Any clue how to fully remove and reïnstall woocommerce including cache and WP Tables?
No problem. Here’s how you can set up WooCommerce again from scratch.
Normally, when you uninstall WooCommerce, only the plugin is deleted but your settings and other data (orders, products, etc) persist in a database. It takes an additional destructive step to delete everything. We’ve explained further in this guide: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/installing-uninstalling-woocommerce/#uninstalling-woocommerce
If anything is unclear or you get stuck at any point in the process, do let us know.
Thank you Margaret, deleting Woocommerce as we speak, any clue how long it normally takes to delete? I’ve waited 30 minutes, but the WooCommerce tables are still showing up in the database.
Hello
I’ve waited 30 minutes
That would need some time, my recommendation is to contact your host company if it is taking longer than that.
PHP Version: 7.3.33
Upon checking the system status report, please note that we recommend PHP 7.4 or greater, why? This is because of security and performance reasons.
To update the PHP version please refer to:
https://woocommerce.com/document/update-php-wordpress/#section-10To run this test we recommend WP Staging for quickly spinning up a new test site, so that you do not have t touch the production site.
Is the issue still present after updating PHP? Let us know what you find.
Cheers.
We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m marking this thread closed for now – we’ll be here if and/or when you are ready to continue.
Hi there, sorry for the late reply. I still haven’t figured it out, when adding the line ‘define( ‘WC_REMOVE_ALL_DATA’, true );’ to wp_config and deleting woocommerce it gives me a critical error. I turned on debug and logging and it says the following:
[06-May-2022 10:04:26 UTC] PHP Warning: Use of undefined constant WC_PLUGIN_BASENAME - assumed 'WC_PLUGIN_BASENAME' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-install.php on line 203 [06-May-2022 10:04:26 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wc_get_container() in /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-install.php:1122 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-install.php(1145): WC_Install::get_tables() #1 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/uninstall.php(56): WC_Install::drop_tables() #2 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(1239): include_once('/var/www/vhosts...') #3 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(956): uninstall_plugin() #4 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php(4631): delete_plugins() #5 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(307): wp_ajax_delete_plugin() #6 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(331): WP_Hook->apply_filters() #7 /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-includes/plugin.php(474): WP_Hook->do_action() #8 /var/ in /var/www/vhosts/acenter.nl/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-install.php on line 1122Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂
Hello @acenterfixphones!
I still haven’t figured it out, when adding the line ‘define( ‘WC_REMOVE_ALL_DATA’, true );’ to wp_config and deleting woocommerce it gives me a critical error. I turned on debug and logging and it says the following:
To completely remove WooCommerce please add required code mentioned on this page.

Link to image: https://snipboard.io/7Ar5fW.jpgThe code you added is a little different than the one I mentioned above.
I tested with your code and got the same error as yours.Cheers!
Hi Mashi,
I get the same error with your line as well, so it has to do with something else strangely…
Kind regards.
Thanks for checking that.
Can you please have your hosting provider disable server side caching if any?
Let us know if that solved the problem.
Thanks
Don’t have any server side caching going on, the only caching I have is cloudflare.
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