Title: Delete Data From Form Entries
Last modified: July 25, 2018

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# Delete Data From Form Entries

 *  Resolved [killeveryone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/killeveryone/)
 * (@killeveryone)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/)
 * Hi,
 * We’ve got a website that’s been running cformsII for quite some time. We are 
   trying to delete old data from form entries but can’t work out how to do that.
 * Version 14.14
 * Thanks,
 * Craig

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 *  Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/)
 * (@bgermann)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10526825)
 * I guess you mean deleting entries from the tracking database. This question has
   been answered at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-tracking-data/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-tracking-data/)
 *  Thread Starter [killeveryone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/killeveryone/)
 * (@killeveryone)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10526859)
 * Thanks. I did a search but didn’t find that.
 * I only installed CFDB today so it can’t view most of the records. How can I delete
   the old data pre-CFDB?
 * Thanks,
 * Craig
 *  Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/)
 * (@bgermann)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10526949)
 * That is also in the linked answers: “You can still delete a single entry on viewing
   it.”
 *  Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/)
 * (@bgermann)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10526953)
 * If you want to delete all data just go to global menu and choose “delete tracking
   db” from the top admin menu.
 *  Thread Starter [killeveryone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/killeveryone/)
 * (@killeveryone)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10527067)
 * I can’t see any entries so I can’t click on any to delete. Also, there’s probably
   thousands so a bulk delete would be needed.
 * I’ve searched for the “delete tracking db” option in the admin menu but can’t
   find it.
 * In the cformsII menu there’s “Global Settings” and at the top the ‘cforms Admin’
   drop-down menu has options for “Produce debug output” and “Uninstalling / Removing
   cforms”. But I can’t find anything about deleting tracking databases.
 *  Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/)
 * (@bgermann)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10527170)
 * That is odd. The entry shows up if the tracking db is present.
 * If you know how to use a SQL client on your database you can delete the two tables
   yourself. They are wp_cformssubmissions and wp_cformsdata (wp_ being your installation
   prefix).
    If not you can use “Produce debug output” and copy the text area content.
   Then use “Uninstalling / Removing cforms” and reenable the plugin. Then use “
   Produce debug output” and overwrite the text area with the previously copied 
   old settings.
 *  Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/)
 * (@bgermann)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10527176)
 * **The two suggested workarounds delete the entire cformsII tracking database.**
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/).
 *  Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/)
 * (@bgermann)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10527191)
 * As you cannot see any entries nor the menu item: Do you have cformsII 14.14 from
   wordpress.org installed or did you install the development version from github.
   com/bgermann?
 *  Thread Starter [killeveryone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/killeveryone/)
 * (@killeveryone)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10527208)
 * Hi, I installed it from Plugins>Add New and searched for “cforms”. So installed
   from WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [killeveryone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/killeveryone/)
 * (@killeveryone)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10532589)
 * Hmm. Is there any way to grab a copy of the data before it’s wiped? I don’t do
   sql so it would be wiped via the Produce debug output” method.
 *  Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/)
 * (@bgermann)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-data-from-form-entries/#post-10534341)
 * You can install CFDB and export the cformsII tracking data to this plugin. CFDB
   has the ability to export in various data formats.

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