Remove Dummy Data

Testing a membership site leaves a trail of test orders, coupons, logs and notifications. Remove Dummy Data lets you remove membership test data in one step before launch, so your order list, reports and dashboard start clean.

Remove membership test data by type

• Payments. All orders with their details and payment logs, together with each member’s Membership records.
• Coupons, invitation codes and gift templates. Everything you created to test checkout and sign-up.
• Logs and security records. User Logs, Security Login attempts and Cheat-off data.
• Dashboard notifications. The admin notices about new members and orders.
• Download limits and cancel reasons. Download Monitor counts and the reasons members gave when they cancelled.
• Your setup stays. Member accounts and the Memberships you created are kept.

How Remove Dummy Data works

1. Back up your database.
2. Open Remove Dummy Data from the Modules screen.
3. Tick the types of data you want to clear.
4. Click Remove Data. The ticked data is deleted from the database right away.

Each option is explained in the Remove Dummy Data guide.

When to run it

• Right before launch. Clear the test run once everything works, and go live with real orders only.
• Between test rounds on a staging copy. Reset the test data so each round of checks starts from the same clean state.

For example, the day before launch a coaching club ticks Payments, Coupons, Dashboard Notifications and User Logs, restarts invoice numbering, and assigns the real Memberships to its first members.

Works well with

• Reset Invoice ID, to number the first real order from 1.
• Export Orders To CSV, to keep a copy of your orders first.

Questions about Remove Dummy Data

Which plans include Remove Dummy Data?

Remove Dummy Data comes with the Full Package and Agency plans, the plans that include all 46 Pro add-ons. The Pro plan doesn’t include Pro add-ons.

Does it delete my members?

Member accounts and your Memberships stay. The Payments option clears which Membership each member holds, so you assign real Memberships again after the clean-up.

Should I make a backup first?

Yes. Ticked data is erased from the database for good, so a recent backup is your copy.