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How to perform a clean uninstall of Perfmatters

We wouldn’t be following our own advice without having a clean uninstall option.

Perform a clean uninstall of Perfmatters

When enabled, this will cause all Perfmatters options data to be removed from your database when the plugin is uninstalled. It will also remove any files or folder directories, such as MU and local Google Fonts. Follow the steps below.

Step 1

Click into the Perfmatters plugin settings.

Perfmatters plugin settings
Perfmatters plugin settings

Step 2

Click on the “Tools” submenu.

Perfmatters tools page
Perfmatters tools page

Step 3

Make sure you’re on the “Plugin” submenu.

Perfmatters plugin tab
Perfmatters plugin submenu

Step 4

Toggle on the “Clean Uninstall” option.

Perfmatters clean uninstall
Perfmatters clean uninstall

Step 5

Scroll down and click “Save Changes.”

Step 6

Click into “Plugins → Installed Plugins.”

Step 7

Deactivate the Perfmatters plugin and then click “Delete.” All the database options, directories, files, settings, etc. will then be removed.

Delete Perfmatters plugin
Delete Perfmatters plugin

Perform a clean uninstall of Perfmatters with multisite

If you’re running a multisite setup, you can do a clean uninstall at the network level.

Clean uninstall when running multisite
Clean uninstall when running multisite

Perform a clean uninstall of Perfmatters with WP-CLI

You can also do a clean uninstall of Perfmatters using WP-CLI. Use the following command to return a list of available plugin options.

 wp perfmatters get-options
Perfmatters WP-CLI get-options
Perfmatters WP-CLI get-options

Run the following command to do a clean uninstall.

clean-uninstall

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