Title: WP_Session_Tokens::destroy_others
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Session_Tokens::destroy_others( string $token_to_keep )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Destroys all sessions for this user except the one with the given token (presumably
the one in use).

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$token_to_keep`stringrequired

Session token to keep.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    final public function destroy_others( $token_to_keep ) {
    	$verifier = $this->hash_token( $token_to_keep );
    	$session  = $this->get_session( $verifier );
    	if ( $session ) {
    		$this->destroy_other_sessions( $verifier );
    	} else {
    		$this->destroy_all_sessions();
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php/)
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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Session_Tokens::get_session()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/get_session/)`wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php` |

Retrieves a session based on its verifier (token hash).

  | 
| [WP_Session_Tokens::destroy_other_sessions()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_other_sessions/)`wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php` |

Destroys all sessions for this user, except the single session with the given verifier.

  | 
| [WP_Session_Tokens::destroy_all_sessions()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_all_sessions/)`wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php` |

Destroys all sessions for the user.

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| [WP_Session_Tokens::hash_token()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/hash_token/)`wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php` |

Hashes the given session token for storage.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_session_tokens/destroy_others/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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