{"id":1146,"date":"2021-05-12T11:46:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:31:42","slug":"how-to-bulk-delete-product-variations-in-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/how-to-bulk-delete-product-variations-in-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bulk delete product variations in PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products &#8211; plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bulk delete WooCommerce product variations could be done in a quick and convenient way by using variation form or bind edit in <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/?utm_source=kb&amp;utm_content=bulk-delete-variation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products plugin<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you take the most advantages of the options provided in our plugin for bulk delete product variation, it is better to make some examples.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WooCommerce bulk&nbsp;delete product variations using variation form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A specific button is designed in the main page of our plugin. So, you can open the variation form by clicking on \u201c<strong>Variation<\/strong>&#8221; icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/how-to-bulk-edit-attributes-and-variation-by-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to bulk edit attributes and variation by PBULKiT \u2013 Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products- plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/product-variations.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1701\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/product-variations.png\" alt=\"Bulk  delete product variations in WooCommerce bulk product editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/product-variations.png 1701w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/product-variations-1536x652.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1701px) 100vw, 1701px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown below, three different tabs are available in the variation form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set variation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delete variation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attach \/ Change variation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is obvious that you need to open the \u201c<strong>Delete Variation<\/strong>\u201d tab to bulk delete product variations and attributes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also bulk delete products using our plugin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/delete-multi-woocommerce-products-at-same-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to delete multi WooCommerce products at the same time?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tab, two options are available to delete variations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>All variations:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, all variations of filtered products will be deleted after clicking on the \u201cDelete All\u201d button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Delete-Variation.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Delete-Variation.png\" alt=\"Delete All variation in WooCommerce bulk product editing\" class=\"wp-image-2750\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WooCommerce delete all variation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Single variations<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, the variations you select will be deleted from the filtered products. Now, let\u2019s work with these options in the below examples to see how they can help store managers to bulk delete product variations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Example 1: Bulk delete single variation&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step for bulk deleting product variations is to filter those products that we need to remove their variations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To filter products, we can use \u201c<strong>Filter form<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Quick search<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tutorial, we used \u201c<strong>Quick Search<\/strong>\u201d to filter the products that have \u201cshirt&#8221; in their title as following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Type \u201cshirt&#8221; in the text box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose \u201c<strong>Title<\/strong>&#8221; from the next combo box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose \u201c<strong>like<\/strong>&#8221; from the condition box&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on Filter icon&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see in the below picture, our preferred products were filtered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-search-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1699\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-search-3.png\" alt=\" Bulk delete single variation \" class=\"wp-image-2751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-search-3.png 1699w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-search-3-1536x519.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After opening the<strong> variation form<\/strong> &gt; <strong>delete variation<\/strong>,&nbsp; you need to choose \u201c<strong>Single Variation<\/strong>\u201d. As soon as marking Single variation, \u201c<strong>Product Attributes<\/strong>\u201d will be displayed as a new field:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/22-variation-form.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/22-variation-form.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" style=\"width:1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you click on the box under \u201c<strong>Product Attributes<\/strong>\u201d, a list of all variations will be shown and you are able to choose any of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in this part, we selected color:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/22-Product-Attributes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/22-Product-Attributes.jpg\" alt=\"We chose the color in this section\" class=\"wp-image-1158\" style=\"width:1200px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you choose the attributes related to that variation, \u201c<strong>Select Variation Items<\/strong>&#8221; will appear including all attributes assigned to that variation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we chose \u201cColor\u201d in the previous step, all attributes related to color were displayed in a combo box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Select-Variation-Items.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1470\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Select-Variation-Items.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2752\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we selected \u201cblue\u201d and clicked on \u201c<strong>Delete Variation<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/22-Delete-Variation-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/22-Delete-Variation-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1163\" style=\"width:1200px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we expected, blue is not listed in the filtered product variations any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Example 1: Bulk delete all WooCommerce variations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to remove all variations assigned to the filtered products, you just need to choose \u201c<strong>All Variations<\/strong>\u201d in the <strong>Variation bulk edit form<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Delete <\/strong>variation tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Delete-variation-tab.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Delete-variation-tab.png\" alt=\"Bulk delete all variation \" class=\"wp-image-2753\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then by clicking on \u201c<strong>Delete All<\/strong>\u201d, all of the variations will be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulk&nbsp;delete WooCommerce product variations using Bind Edit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulk&nbsp; delete product variations using \u201c<strong>Bind Edit<\/strong>\u201d could be done as following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Filter products that you need to delete their variations as we filtered \u201cshirt&#8221; by \u201c<strong>Quick Search<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark \u201c<strong>Bind Edit<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark the preferred products&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/preferred-products.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1702\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/preferred-products.png\" alt=\"find variation product by quick search\" class=\"wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/preferred-products.png 1702w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/preferred-products-1536x521.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add the attribute column you need to bulk delete as we have added \u201c<strong>Product Color<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Product Size<\/strong>\u201d from the \u201c<strong>Column Profile<\/strong>\u201d .<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the attribute column of one of the products to see the list of attributes related to that variation as we clicked on the product size column of the first product.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unmark those attributes that you need to be removed from the product variation as we unmarked \u201cLarge\u201d and \u201cSmall\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Product-Size.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Product-Size.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2755\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Apply Changes<\/strong>\u201d and observe that those attributes are not assigned to your products any more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/final-result-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/final-result-8.png\" alt=\"Bulk delete product variations in WooCommerce bulk product editing\" class=\"wp-image-2756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/final-result-8.png 1700w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/final-result-8-1536x520.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulk delete WooCommerce product variations could be done in a quick and convenient way by using variation form or bind edit in PBULKiT &#8211; 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