{"id":307,"date":"2025-01-20T10:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=307"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:17:19","slug":"how-to-uninstall-wp-multilang-plugin-properly","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/knowledge-base\/how-to-uninstall-wp-multilang-plugin-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Uninstall WP Multilang Plugin Properly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WP Multilang is a comprehensive plugin that enables WordPress sites to manage multilingual content efficiently. However, if you decide to remove this plugin perhaps due to switching to another solution or no longer needing multilingual support it&#8217;s crucial to uninstall it properly to prevent residual data or potential conflicts. This guide provides detailed steps to ensure a thorough and clean uninstallation of the WP Multilang plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steps to Uninstall WP Multilang<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Note<\/em><\/strong>: Before making changes, back up your website, including all files and the database. This ensures you can restore it if needed. Use a backup plugin or your hosting provider\u2019s backup service.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the WP-Multilang plugin and first click on &#8220;Reset Settings.&#8221; This will remove all the changes you made for multilingual support on your WordPress site and restore the original settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-1024x116.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-1024x116.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-768x87.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-50x6.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-60x7.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-100x11.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1.png 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now, click on the Delete option to remove all the translations you created for translating your post\/page. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-1024x106.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-1024x106.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-50x5.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-60x6.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-100x10.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2.png 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Kindly note that some translations may not be deleted and will need to be removed manually.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now, go to the Plugin page. First, deactivate the Pro version, then deactivate the Normal version. After that, you will see the Delete option. Click on it to delete the plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-1024x125.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-1024x125.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-768x94.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-50x6.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-1536x188.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-60x7.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3-100x12.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-3.png 1571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4-1024x117.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4-1024x117.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4-768x88.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4-50x6.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4-60x7.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4-100x11.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wp4.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sometimes, after deactivating and deleting, some translations may still appear on your posts or pages. We recommend deleting them from everywhere. Clear the cache and remove the files from the database<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clear the Cache. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can use WP Reset or any cache remover plugin to clear everything from your WordPress. However, make sure it will delete and reset everything, so be sure to create a proper backup before performing this action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-1024x70.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-1024x70.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-300x20.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-768x52.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-50x3.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-60x4.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-100x7.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remove Data from the Database.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WP Multilang stores multilingual data in several database tables. You can manually clean the database to remove this data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to your database using phpMyAdmin or a database management plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Search for entries related to WP Multilang in tables like <code>wp_posts<\/code>, <code>wp_postmeta<\/code>, <code>wp_terms<\/code>, and <code>wp_options<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-1024x269.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-1024x269.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-768x202.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-50x13.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-1536x404.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-60x16.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5-100x26.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-5.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Delete all entries related to WP Multilang, such as meta keys like <code>_languages<\/code> or options prefixed with <code>wpm_<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important<\/strong>: Be very careful when modifying the database directly. Always have a backup before proceeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remove Plugin Files.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WP Multilang might have added language files to your WordPress installation. These files need to be manually removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the <code><strong>wp-content\/plugins\/<\/strong><\/code> directory using FTP or your hosting file manager.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-1024x322.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-1024x322.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-768x241.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-50x16.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-1536x483.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-60x19.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6-100x31.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download6.png 1572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Look for language and Plugin folder and files related to WP Multilang and delete them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Similarly, check <code>wp-content\/languages\/themes\/<\/code> for any language files related to your theme and remove them if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the steps above will help you remove the WP-Multilang Plugin smoothly and safely. That&#8217;s it for this tutorial. If you need any further assistance, please fill out the form below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WP Multilang is a comprehensive plugin that enables WordPress sites to manage multilingual content efficiently. However, if you decide to remove this plugin perhaps due to switching to another solution or no longer needing multilingual support it&#8217;s crucial to uninstall it properly to prevent residual data or potential conflicts. 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