Title: delete_theme
Published: July 20, 2021
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# do_action( ‘delete_theme’, string $stylesheet )

## In this article

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

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Fires immediately before a theme deletion attempt.

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

 `$stylesheet`string

Stylesheet of the theme to delete.

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

    ```php
    do_action( 'delete_theme', $stylesheet );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/theme.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/theme.php#L82)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/theme.php#L82-L82)

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

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

Removes a theme.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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