Title: Delete Plugin Settings
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Delete Plugin Settings

 *  [soapy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soapy/)
 * (@soapy)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-plugin-settings/)
 * General question. I notice that with any plugin….if i delete it completely….then
   reinstall…the old settings still remain. Is there a way to completely delete 
   a plugin so that when you reinstall it….everything is back to its original default
   state?

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 *  [Peter Wooster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pkwooster/)
 * (@pkwooster)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-plugin-settings/#post-2508076)
 * Some plugins delete their settings, some don’t and some give you the option, 
   it all depends on the plugin. You can usually find their settings by reading 
   the wp_options table in the database. Most plugins use a prefix that lets you
   know the settings are theirs.
 * If you look in the plugin code for wp_options you will see the values it uses
   for option_name. Once you know that you can do a sql delete to remove the options,
   be sure to backup first if you aren’t a sql expert.
 * /peter

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