Title: Why delete data on deactivation?
Last modified: September 16, 2018

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# Why delete data on deactivation?

 *  [Herky Fishbine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herky-fishbine/)
 * (@herky-fishbine)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-delete-data-on-deactivation/)
 * Most plugins do not delete data until the plugin is removed, it is crazy to delete
   data when plugin is deactivated. Deactivation is a common procedure to troubleshoot
   plugin conflicts. I have lost a large number of feeds.

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