Title: WordPress Database Spam Removal Plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Database Spam Removal Plugin

 *  [srebrenicagenocide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srebrenicagenocide/)
 * (@srebrenicagenocide)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/)
 * I use re-Catptcha to get rid of spam and the plugin does excellent job. However,
   I noticed hundreds of spam message INSIDE of my database (they are marked as 
   SPAM).
 * It takes a long time to remove these database spam messages manually. **I wonder,
   are there any wordpress plugins to remove wordpress database spam?**

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 *  [reflexionstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reflexionstudios/)
 * (@reflexionstudios)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/#post-933118)
 * There’s the popular [Akismet](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/) which
   checks for comment spam, but I’m not sure if it actually removes anything from
   the db.
 *  Thread Starter [srebrenicagenocide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srebrenicagenocide/)
 * (@srebrenicagenocide)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/#post-933127)
 * Unfortunately, Akismet is useless when it comes to database spam. And i find 
   re-Captcha to be much better than Akismet (plus it looks 100 times more professional).
   However, none of these plugins prevent database spam. Are there any plugins that
   can help me delete database spam as opposed to me doing it manually in database
   every time?
 *  Thread Starter [srebrenicagenocide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srebrenicagenocide/)
 * (@srebrenicagenocide)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/#post-933129)
 * No, Akismet doesn’t prevent database spam. I am looking for a plugin that can
   delete database spam.
 *  Thread Starter [srebrenicagenocide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srebrenicagenocide/)
 * (@srebrenicagenocide)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/#post-933320)
 * Any responses?
 *  [bottleneck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bottleneck/)
 * (@bottleneck)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/#post-933328)
 * > I noticed hundreds of spam message INSIDE of my database
 * Run this:
 * delete from wp_comments where comment_approved = ‘spam’;
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/#post-933330)
 * In 2.7 if you view “spam” comments and click the “Delete all spam” button then
   that’s what’ll happen.

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## Tags

 * [WordPress-Database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-database/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-spam-removal-plugin/#post-933330)
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