---
title: "Completely deleting GravityView"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/advanced/completely-deleting-gravityview/"
---

**Warning: If you follow these steps to delete GravityView data and then you re-install GravityView, it will be like installing GravityView for the first time. Be very sure you want to do this!**

If you want to delete all traces of the GravityView plugin, here's what to do.

**This will delete all:**

- GravityView "Views"-the WordPress "posts" that are stored as a Custom Post Type
- View layouts and settings, which are stored as custom post meta
- GravityView's entry approval status, as stored in Gravity Forms entry metadata using the `is\_approved` meta key
- GravityView-generated entry notes (entry approval notes and entry creator change notes). Notes added using the front-end Notes field will not be affected
- GravityView plugin settings

 

## In the WordPress Dashboard, click on Views > Settings

![Screenshot of the sidebar menu in the WordPress dashboard with Views menu open and arrow pointing to Settings link.](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/muHKkO.png)

## At the bottom of the page, click on the Uninstall GravityView button

![Buttons labeled "Save Settings" and "Uninstall GravityView"](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/4TN9WP.png)

## Then click on the other Uninstall GravityView button

![Warning about deleting GravityView: it resets settings, views, and entry notes. Includes "Uninstall GravityView" button](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/YTH9io.png)

## Then confirm the pop-up that warns you about what's going to happen once again

![Confirmation popup to delete GravityView settings with 'OK' and 'Cancel' options](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/then-confirm-the-pop-up-that-warns-you-about-what-s-going-to-happen-once-again.png?1479076973)

## Please take a minute to let us know why you're uninstalling GravityView!

We want GravityView to be the best possible plugin. Your feedback is vital to us improving the plugin. We would appreciate any response you're willing to share.

![GravityView uninstall feedback form with reasons for removal and a submit button](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/please-take-a-minute-to-let-us-know-why-you-re-uninstalling-gravityview-.png?1479076976)

## Go to the Plugins page

![Clicking "Plugins" in the WordPress dashboard menu for plugin management options](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/go-to-the-plugins-page.png?1479076976)

## Click the Delete link

!["Shows GravityView plugin with a red 'Delete' link for complete removal in WordPress."](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/click-the-delete-link.png?1479076977)

## And then approve the pop-up alert

![Confirmation dialog to delete GravityView, with Cancel and OK buttons](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/and-then-approve-the-pop-up-alert.png?1479076978)

## And there you go: GravityView's data has been removed and the plugin files have been deleted