{"id":6449,"date":"2020-09-28T10:50:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T10:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/?p=6449"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:03:09","slug":"how-to-delete-all-wordpress-comments-in-one-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-delete-all-wordpress-comments-in-one-go\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete All WordPress Comments in One Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Comments often serve as a communication platform for all your website visitors. However, due to some specific reasons, the website owners might delete all the comments from their WordPress website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So, as a website owner, follow the steps given below to delete all the WordPress Comments in one go-<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. Log in to your WP Dashboard and scroll on the Plugins widget.
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  2. In the search plugin, search for Delete All Comments.
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  3. Now you need to install the Plugin Delete All Comments.
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  4. Post download, you need to activate the Plugin by clicking on the Activate Plugin.
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  5. Post activation, visit Tools -> Delete All Comments Page
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  6. Delete All Comments shows the total number of comments on your website. Select the checkbox and click on the Delete All button
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  7. Once you have selected the checkbox and click the Delete Button, all the comments on your WordPress website get deleted permanently even from the Trash and Spam folders.
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    Comments often serve as a communication platform for all your website visitors. However, due to some specific reasons, the website owners might delete all the comments from their WordPress website.…<\/p>\n

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