Title: Plugin Removal & Meta Data
Last modified: April 16, 2019

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# Plugin Removal & Meta Data

 *  Resolved [KostasP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/papada30/)
 * (@papada30)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removal-meta-data/)
 * If I remove Yoast plugin from a WordPress site (any version of it, premium, free,
   local SEO and all the others), are the data which have been created with the 
   specific plugin will be removed as well?
 * I have seen both answers to this question, YES and NO so I would to receive a
   valid answer
 * Thank you

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 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removal-meta-data/#post-11455972)
 * Uninstalling a Yoast plugin does not remove the data from the database. It does,
   however, prevent the data from being used by the plugin as it’s no longer installed.
 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removal-meta-data/#post-11485934)
 * We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you
   require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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 * Last reply from: [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removal-meta-data/#post-11485934)
 * Status: resolved