Title: Does not clean up
Last modified: November 9, 2020

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# Does not clean up

 *  [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-clean-up-2/)
 * When this plugin is deleted, it will leave all its database tables and options
   in place. I would expect a plugin to clean up when it’s deleted, user should 
   not be required to manually delete database tables and options from `wp_options`,
   as most users simply don’t have the capabilities to do that.
 * A plugin that leaves a lot of garbage in the database when it’s deleted is not
   a good citizen.

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 *  [monbauza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbauza/)
 * (@monbauza)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-clean-up-2/#post-13640261)
 * Hi [@msaari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/),
 * Thanks for your review.
 * As you correctly pointed out, uninstalling Yoast SEO from your website won’t 
   delete the metadata stored in the WordPress database. This is to preserve your
   SEO data and plugin settings in case you decide to install and activate the plugin
   at a later time.
 * If you don’t plan to ever use the plugin again, you’ll need to clean up the database
   manually or through a 3rd-party plugin. That’s why it’s highly recommended to
   install the minimum set of plugins you really need on your website and test them
   on a staging site before installing them on production.
 *  [mrbassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbassist/)
 * (@mrbassist)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-clean-up-2/#post-14015421)
 * This is a response that i could wait from Yoast, that why you just took 1 star.
 * What this guy said is a real issue, and if you want to call your self professionals
   you should take it very serious and do something about it.
 * Not giving to the users more problems because they tried you and did not liked
   you.
 * Instead you respond to users like ” You should see how it works in a staging 
   site before you install ”
 * Very weird from contributors of wordpress core this kind of respond.
 *  [monbauza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monbauza/)
 * (@monbauza)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-clean-up-2/#post-14034994)
 * Hi [@msaari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/) and [@mrbassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbassist/),
 * We’ve discussed this issue internally and have created a feature request in our
   plugin repository to add an option to easily delete the plugin data from the 
   database.
 * Our developers will consider the request when planning updates.
 * Thanks!

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