Title: unregister_term_meta
Published: October 5, 2018
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# unregister_term_meta( string $taxonomy, string $meta_key ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_term_meta/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_term_meta/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_term_meta/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_term_meta/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_term_meta/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Unregisters a meta key for terms.

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

 `$taxonomy`stringrequired

Taxonomy the meta key is currently registered for. Pass an empty string if the meta
key is registered across all existing taxonomies.

`$meta_key`stringrequired

The meta key to unregister.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_term_meta/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True on success, false if the meta key was not previously registered.

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

    ```php
    function unregister_term_meta( $taxonomy, $meta_key ) {
    	return unregister_meta_key( 'term', $meta_key, $taxonomy );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/taxonomy.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php#L1566)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php#L1566-L1568)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_term_meta/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [unregister_meta_key()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/unregister_meta_key/)`wp-includes/meta.php` |

Unregisters a meta key from the list of registered keys.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.9.8](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.9.8/) | Introduced. |

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