A feature to uninstall plugins that leave remnants behind

[Sjourney]

Sort of like how App Zapper or App Trap work on OSX. An uninstaller that completely removes any content left behind by a plugin. Just noticed my database has some crud in it that shouldn't be there anymore.

[jdgrimes]

It is true that many plugins leave behind lots of crud. The plugin API allows plugins to uninstall themselves before they are deleted. The problem is that many of them don't. While a universal uninstaller seems like a good idea, it would be difficult to identify the database contents with particular plugins. I think it is better left up to the plugin developer, as they know what options and metadata belong to their plugin. A plugin that would help with manual database cleaning would be nice. There are probably some plugins like that already, though.

[nacin]

Yeah, unfortunately, this is just not feasible for core. Too many edge cases and ambiguity. That said it could make an interesting plugin in and of itself.

[netweb]

#33194 was marked as a duplicate.