Title: Search with no replace
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Search with no replace

 *  [warichet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warichet/)
 * (@warichet)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-no-replace/)
 * Hi,
    How can I do a simple “search” without the “replace” ? I fear that leaving
   the replace field blank will erase the data
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/)

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 *  [Marcelo Pedra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kent-brockman/)
 * (@kent-brockman)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-no-replace/#post-7548236)
 * Yes, it will erase the data. You should do a dry run and the see the results 
   without actually unchecking the “dry run” checkbox to avoid deletion of the searched
   strings 🙂
    Best regards
 *  Thread Starter [warichet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warichet/)
 * (@warichet)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-no-replace/#post-7548243)
 * Thank you

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 * Last reply from: [warichet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warichet/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-no-replace/#post-7548243)
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