handbook/commands/cron/event/delete.md
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wp cron event delete

Deletes all scheduled cron events for the given hook.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

[<hook>...]
One or more hooks to delete.
[--due-now]
Delete all hooks due right now.
[--exclude=<hooks>]
Comma-separated list of hooks to exclude.
[--all]
Delete all hooks.
[--match-args=<args>]
Only delete events whose arguments match the given JSON-encoded array or scalar value. Argument types must match exactly (for example, ["123"] vs [123]). Requires exactly one hook name.

EXAMPLES

# Delete all scheduled cron events for the given hook
$ wp cron event delete cron_test
Success: Deleted a total of 2 cron events.

# Delete a specific cron event by hook and arguments
$ wp cron event delete cron_test --match-args='["123"]'
Success: Deleted a total of 1 cron event.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

Argument Description
--path=<path> Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url> Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>] Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant").
--ssh-args=<args> Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by --ssh scheme).
--http=<http> Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id|login|email> Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>] Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path> Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--exec=<php-code> Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
--context=<context> Load WordPress in a given context.
--[no-]color Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>] Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>] Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet Suppress informational messages.
--alias=<name> Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https Set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.