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Description

A safe way of removing a named option/value pair from the options database table.

Usage

<?php delete_option( $option ); ?>

Parameters

$option
(string) (required) Name of the option to be deleted. A list of valid default options can be found at the Option Reference.
Default: None

Example

Delete a single option 

<?php delete_option( 'my_option' ); ?>

Return value

Boolean TRUE if the option has been successfully deleted, otherwise FALSE

Related

Options API: get_option(), add_option(), update_option(), delete_option()

Source Code

delete_option() is located in wp-includes/functions.php.

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