Title: delete_option_{$option}
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# do_action( “delete_option_{$option}”, string $option )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/delete_option_option/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/delete_option_option/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/delete_option_option/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/delete_option_option/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/delete_option_option/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Fires after a specific option has been deleted.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/delete_option_option/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$option`, refers to the option name.

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

 `$option`string

Name of the deleted option.

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

    ```php
    do_action( "delete_option_{$option}", $option );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/option.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/option.php#L1262)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/option.php#L1262-L1262)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [delete_option()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/delete_option/)`wp-includes/option.php` |

Removes an option by name. Prevents removal of protected WordPress options.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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