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delete_user_meta › WordPress Function

Since3.0.0

Deprecatedn/a

› delete_user_meta ( $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value = '' )

Parameters: (3)	(int) $user_id User ID Required: Yes (string) $meta_key Metadata name. Required: Yes (mixed) $meta_value Optional. Metadata value. If provided, rows will only be removed that match the value. Must be serializable if non-scalar. Default empty. Required: No Default: (empty)
Links:	https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/delete_user_meta/
Returns:	(bool) True on success, false on failure.
Defined at:	wp-includes/user.php , line 1181
Codex:	developer.wordpress.org / delete_user_meta

Removes metadata matching criteria from a user.

You can match based on the key, or key and value. Removing based on key and value, will keep from removing duplicate metadata with the same key. It also allows removing all metadata matching key, if needed.

Source

function delete_user_meta( $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value = '' ) {
	return delete_metadata( 'user', $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
}