delete used fields

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Problem:
The client wants to delete the unused fields previously used by the Yoast plugin.

Solution:
Please follow the below steps in deleting those fields from the database:

1. Please take a backup of your site first for security reasons.

2. Select the *_postmeta database table using phpMyAdmin or some plugin.

3. Click on the “search” button.

4. Enter the “_yoast_wpseo_title” in the “meta_key” field and the "operator" should be Like % … % and press submit button as you can see in the attached screenshot.

5. Delete all fields.

Please follow the same steps for all other fields one by one.

If after deleting those fields from the database, it still showing in WPML Translation Editor then please follow the below steps:

1. Please open the default language page in Edit mode.

2. Make a small change, for example, add a space or + sign in your page/post title.

3. Update the page by pressing the “Update” button.

4. Now, please remove that small change that did on step #2.

5. Update the page again.

6. Now, please try to open the translated page in WPML Translation Editor and see if those fields are still there or not.

Relevant Documentation:
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/we-removed-yoast-but-field-_yoast_wpseo_title-still-shows/#post-7759911

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Last updated by arnoldS-2 1 year, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Noman.

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July 24, 2022 at 8:02 pm #11727763
arnoldS-2	Tell us what you are trying to do? delete unused fields previously used by Yoast. field-_yoast_wpseo_title field-_yoast_wpseo_metadesc field-_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords
July 25, 2022 at 6:30 am #11728765
Noman Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Hi, Thank you for contacting WPML Support. We have another client who had a similar issue and was also able to solve it, this may help in your case (Summary at top): https://wpml.org/forums/topic/we-removed-yoast-but-field-_yoast_wpseo_title-still-shows/#post-7759911 Thank you
July 25, 2022 at 12:09 pm #11731843
arnoldS-2	Thanks These fields are not present in the data base but I see them in old translations. Can they be removed?
July 25, 2022 at 12:10 pm #11731847
arnoldS-2	here is screen grab
July 25, 2022 at 3:18 pm #11734445
Noman Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)	Could you please make sure you have followed the below steps in deleting those fields from the database: 1. Select the *_postmeta database table using phpMyAdmin or some plugin. 2. Click on the “search” button. 3. Enter the “_yoast_wpseo_title” in the “meta_key” field and the "operator" should be Like % … % and press submit button as you can see in the attached screenshot. 4. Delete all fields. 5. Please follow the same steps for all other fields one by one. If after deleting those fields from the database, it still showing in WPML Translation Editor then please follow the below steps: 1. Please open the default language page in Edit mode. 2. Make a small change, for example, add a space or + sign in your page/post title. 3. Update the page by pressing the “Update” button. 4. Now, please remove that small change that did on step #2. 5. Update the page again. 6. Now, please try to open the translated page in WPML Translation Editor and see if those fields are still there or not. Thank you

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