Title: Auto Deletion Feature Request
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Auto Deletion Feature Request

 *  [tomas@zenman.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomaszenmancom/)
 * (@tomaszenmancom)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-deletion-feature-request/)
 * Would it be possible to add an option that automatically removes emails older
   than a specific date, or better yet removes old emails once a specific volume
   of stored emails is reached? I work for an agency who would like to start installing
   this plugin on every WordPress site we build. However, my concern is for some
   of our clients who keep their websites for many years or have a high volume of
   emails come in, the database will become enormous and it could cause issues with
   their hosting, an issue we’ve run into with other plugins.
 * Thanks for an awesome plugin!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-deletion-feature-request/#post-7533788)
 * CFDB stores form submissions, not email. I assume you are referring to the submissions.
 * There is nothing in the plugin right now to automatically remove old data.
 * Unless you are expecting hundreds of thousands of form submissions, or lots of
   large files, I wouldn’t worry to much about it.
 *  [elainevdw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elainevdw/)
 * (@elainevdw)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-deletion-feature-request/#post-7534049)
 * I’d like to second that feature request! You’ve provided a great plugin, and 
   I use it for all sorts of forms, including a booking form for fitness classes.
   Ultimately I think I’m going to set up a cronjob that will clear out CFDB entries
   every six months or so, but it would be super convenient if there was a way to
   do the same thing in the CFDB settings area. Not only would it keep the DB tidy,
   but in my particular case it would have avoided a problem I had with my own sloppy
   programming that caused issues after a year had passed and folks were booking
   on the same date that had bookings from the previous year.

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 * Last reply from: [elainevdw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elainevdw/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-deletion-feature-request/#post-7534049)
 * Status: not resolved