Title: Clean database before import
Last modified: December 5, 2020

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# Clean database before import

 *  Resolved [desmetsbertrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desmetsbertrand/)
 * (@desmetsbertrand)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-database-before-import/)
 * Hi,
 * I have been working on a new website modifying, publishing & exporting it several
   times for testing and the site is now almost ready to be imported on the dedicated
   server.
 * I have one question :
 * -Should I clean the database of the the new site before importing it (because
   of the numerous changes I made in the past)? Is it risky? What kind of cleaning
   should I think of?
 * thanks for your time!

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 *  Plugin Author [Younes JFR.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/symptote/)
 * (@symptote)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-database-before-import/#post-13751208)
 * Hi [@desmetsbertrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desmetsbertrand/),
 * Thank you for your message.
 * You can install the plugin and have a look at the orphaned items being reported
   in the main page “General cleanup”. If there are very few ones, then no need 
   to run a cleanup. If there are so many orphaned items, then you can proceed to
   a cleanup.
 * If you have installed/uninstalled a lot of plugins/themes for the test, some 
   orphaned options may remain in your database. You can have a look at your options
   table to see if you can recognize some of them and delete them.
 * Cleaning up a database should be done carefully, make sure to always backup your
   database before deleting anything. In case something went wrong, you have the
   original database backup.
 * Best regards,
    Younes

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-database-before-import/#post-13751208)
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