Title: No undo changes or reset button
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# No undo changes or reset button

 *  [Auguss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auguss/)
 * (@auguss)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-undo-changes-or-reset-button/)
 * Of all the posts on the internet about how to remove this plugin why has there
   not been a button to reset button, remove all ithemes settings button, undo changes,
   and purge ithemes database entries button? This is ridiculous. Not even a way
   to remove the settings that were placed individually once you set them. Once 
   you install this plugin, make changes, be prepared to go through a hassle to 
   get your wordpress back or just format your wordpress and start all over. You
   will not be able to choose or test another plugin for security.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  [dwinden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwinden/)
 * (@dwinden)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-undo-changes-or-reset-button/#post-5892684)
 * As per the Description tab on the WordPress.org page of this plugin:
 * >  Warning
   > Please read the installation instructions and FAQ before installing this plugin.
   > iThemes Security makes significant changes to your database and other site 
   > files which can be problematic, so a **BACKUP** is strongly recommended before
   > making any changes to your site with this plugin. While problems are rare, 
   > most support requests involve the failure to make a proper **BACKUP** before
   > installation.
 * So the magic restore\reset\clean\undo solution for this plugin is **BACKUP** …
   or alternatively deactivate & delete the iTSec plugin.
 * dwinden
 *  Thread Starter [Auguss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auguss/)
 * (@auguss)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-undo-changes-or-reset-button/#post-5892701)
 * The site still works. Deactivating/Deleting plugin results in settings are still
   there. If the plugin has the ability to edit the DB why does it not has the ability
   to remove the settings?
 *  [dwinden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwinden/)
 * (@dwinden)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-undo-changes-or-reset-button/#post-5892702)
 * That is odd and could indicate there is something wrong or broken.
 * What settings are still there ? Can you give me some examples ?
    Are you using
   the latest iTSec plugin release (4.6.10)? And is that an old install upgraded
   to the current release or did you install a recent iTSec plugin release recently?(
   Asking this because there could be old stuff still in the database that is not
   being purged by the current iTSec plugin release).
 * Deactivating and deleting the iTSec plugin will under normal circumstances remove
   all related database stuff. I tested this myself.
    (Not yet in the current release
   by the way).
 * Even better, I discovered in the code an undocumented constant which presumably
   will force the **deactivation** of the Plugin to also perform the database purge
   actions which are normally only executed when **deleting** the plugin.
 * >  ITSEC_DEVELOPMENT //set ITSEC_DEVELOPMENT to true to reset settings on deactivation
   > for development
 * I haven’t (yet) tried this myself but if I understand correctly this is a shortcut
   for the developer to end up with a clean\reset database.
    For anyone else reading
   this post, use it in the wp-config.php file at your own risk.
 * dwinden
 *  [dwinden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwinden/)
 * (@dwinden)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-undo-changes-or-reset-button/#post-5892705)
 * Tested the ITSEC_DEVELOPMENT constant in wp-config.php this morning.
    Using iTSec
   plugin 4.6.10
 * Just added the following line in wp-config.php:
 * >  define(‘ITSEC_DEVELOPMENT’, true);
 * Then logged into WP Dashboard and deactivated iTSec plugin.
    It does exactly 
   what I described in my previous post. All iTSec tables (3) and options (19) are
   deleted from the database. Works perfectly.
 * dwinden

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