Title: Reset Plugin / db Cleanup
Last modified: January 22, 2018

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# Reset Plugin / db Cleanup

 *  [cs-ilck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs-ilck/)
 * (@cs-ilck)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-db-cleanup/)
 * Hi
 * I really like the plugin and the Custom Login URL feature, however, after trying
   to reset the URL back to /wp-admin/ neither the old or new URL worked.
 * I’ve tried resetting the plugin using the wp-cerber-reset.zip, however, each 
   time I re-add the main plugin and try accessing /wp-admin/ without making any
   changes it redirects me through to my 404.
 * I assumed it was a db issue so I tried ‘cleaning’ my db using [https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/)
   but the plugin doesn’t even see the Cerber tables as it does other plugins.
 * The only solution I have at this stage is to restore the site/db to an earlier
   version which is not an issue, however, I wanted to check first to see if you
   had any further suggestions and also how we can remove all traces of the plugin
   from the db?
 * I’m thinking of using the plugin on other sites, however, my concern at this 
   stage is if I decide to remove it later down the line then it will be difficult
   to fully remove.
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-db-cleanup/#post-9888879)
 * Hi!
 * 1. Deactivating the plugin completely deactivates all plugin features and roll
   back all your URLs.
 * 2. I think that the solution for your case is to disable (turn off) **Redirect
   dashboard requests** setting on the Main Settings tab on the plugin admin page.
 *  Thread Starter [cs-ilck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs-ilck/)
 * (@cs-ilck)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-db-cleanup/#post-9889032)
 * Thanks Gioni for the quick response!
 * Yep, I deactivated the plugin while waiting for an answer and that enabled me
   to access /wp-admin/.
 * Your solution to the issue also worked (and made sense) so many thanks for that!
 * Do you have any thoughts regarding the db questions – I really like the plugin
   but keen to make sure if we did move away for whatever reason then its easy to
   remove data from the db easily.
 * Thanks again
 *  Thread Starter [cs-ilck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs-ilck/)
 * (@cs-ilck)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-db-cleanup/#post-9903874)
 * Hi Gioni
 * Any update on the previous questions regarding the db?
 * Keen to start installing the plugin on other sites but weary that I won’t be 
   able to remove all traces of it from the db should I want to do so later.
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-db-cleanup/#post-9904724)
 * Hi!
 * All the plugin tables have the **cerber_** prefix. So if you want to fully delete
   all of them you need to delete all tables with names that are starting with the**
   cerber_** prefix.
 *  Thread Starter [cs-ilck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs-ilck/)
 * (@cs-ilck)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-db-cleanup/#post-9905004)
 * Hi Gioni
 * Thanks for getting back to me.
 * Yes, I noticed that and did remove the tables but there were still references
   to the plugin within other sections of the db.
 * It’s those references that I was hoping could be removed somehow.
 * Have you come across this yourself – ideally it would be good for an app like
   [https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/)
   to remove all traces of the plugin from the db but at the moment it doesn’t even
   see the cerber_ prefix tables.

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 * Last reply from: [cs-ilck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs-ilck/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-plugin-db-cleanup/#post-9905004)
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