Title: Deleting attributes
Last modified: November 23, 2020

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# Deleting attributes

 *  Resolved [deandid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcm404/)
 * (@lcm404)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-attributes-2/)
 * If I delete, for example, the attribute ‘red’ from the attributes section without
   going into the product and removing the red attribute from each product, will
   any relationships be left behind in the database?

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 *  [Rynald0s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rynald0s/)
 * (@rynald0s)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-attributes-2/#post-13758365)
 * Hi [@lcm404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcm404/)!
 * Yes, possibly. You should be able to then clear those out using the “delete orphaned
   variations” in your “WooCommerce > Status > Tools” page.
 * Cheers!

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