{"id":10901949,"date":"2022-03-30T07:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T07:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=10901949"},"modified":"2024-07-12T21:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:45:24","slug":"how-to-completely-remove-a-language-from-your-site","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/faq\/how-to-completely-remove-a-language-from-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I completely remove a language from my site?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\">You can completely remove a language and all its translations in the WPML <strong>Languages<\/strong> settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I remove a language and all its translations from my site?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To remove a language and all existing translations from your site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>WPML \u2192 Languages<\/strong>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Site Languages<\/strong>, click <strong>Add \/ Remove languages<\/strong> and unselect the language you want to remove. Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"3d15162ab6fa8bff79d0f07c02f3d62b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML-1024x626.png\" alt=\"Removing languages in WPML\" class=\"wp-image-15944696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML-1024x626.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML-1536x939.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Removing-languages-in-WPML.png 1910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Editing languages in WPML<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Once the page reloads, a table will appear. Click the X icon to delete all translations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"289e0286c7b45014ca2f3b141586da96\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations-1024x630.png\" alt=\"Deleting all language translations\" class=\"wp-image-15944713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations-1536x945.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Deleting-all-translations.png 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Deleting all language translations<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WPML will now completely remove the language and all its translations from your website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can I do if my theme and plugins continue downloading language files in the removed language?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your theme and plugins continue downloading language files in the removed language, you can delete all MO and PO files for that language:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access your website using an <strong>FTP Tool<\/strong> such as <strong>FileZilla.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to your site&#8217;s <strong>..\/wp-content\/languages\/plugins\/<\/strong> folder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delete the <strong>MO<\/strong> and <strong>PO<\/strong> files ending with the language code of the language you want to delete. For example, if you removed the Spanish language (ES) with the Spanish locale (es), the language files would end with <b>-es_ES.mo<\/b> and<b> -es_ES.po<\/b>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To delete theme translations, open the <b>themes<\/b> folder in <strong>..\/wp-content\/languages\/<\/strong> and follow the instructions from the previous step.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can completely remove a language and all its translations in the WPML Languages settings. How can I remove a language and all its translations from my site? To remove a language and all existing translations from your site: WPML will now completely remove the language and all its translations from your website. 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