Delete and reset all products from Facebook

[johndcoy]

Feature requests

It would be nice to have a “Delete all products from Facebook” tool that creates batches using the Action Scheduler. The expectation would be that the actions would delete the product from Facebook then remove all stored meta within the WooCommerce site for each product.

This should be triggered automatically if a product is ever added to the trash.

Here is a link to a public script that is helpful:

https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/facebook-for-woocommerce/facebook-for-woocommerce-delete-or-reset-all-facebook-products/

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[mitchellkrogza]

Wish I had found this sooner I just deleted my entire catalogue and am now resyncing https://github.com/woocommerce/facebook-for-woocommerce/issues/1987

[haszari]

Another way to delete or bulk-reset the catalogue is to use a feed file (data source) with a replace schedule: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/2284463181837648

With Replace schedule, your new file completely overwrites all of the information in your previous file. It adds new items, updates existing items and deletes any items that aren't in the new file. Replace is the default if you set a schedule when you upload a new data feed file for the first time.

[mitchellkrogza]

Another way to delete or bulk-reset the catalogue is to use a feed file (data source) with a replace schedule: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/2284463181837648

With Replace schedule, your new file completely overwrites all of the information in your previous file. It adds new items, updates existing items and deletes any items that aren't in the new file. Replace is the default if you set a schedule when you upload a new data feed file for the first time.

Thanks @haszari I'll try this next time much easier

[namiokuzono]

Hello @haszari ! I referenced your comment to bulk delete the catalog for Facebook using Replace Schedule, but I am not able to complete this task. Did I miss something? It just adds new feeds like this: https://d.pr/i/PmBxAL (Product is indeed added when the feed is updated, but does not replace the whole catalog). As per the FB doc, it says it will delete any products that are no longer listed in the same/new file detected.

It adds new items, updates existing items and deletes any items that aren't in the new file.

[haszari]

Hello @haszari ! I referenced your comment to bulk delete the catalog for Facebook using Replace Schedule, but I am not able to complete this task. Did I miss something?

I don't know sorry – I haven't actually tried this, that was an idea from the docs. Things may have changed too.

[haszari]

Did I miss something? It just adds new feeds like this: https://d.pr/i/PmBxAL

If you haven't already, make sure you delete all the other feed files in Facebook, and only add a single Replace schedule feed.

[chrism245]

36520332-zen

[budzanowski]

Closing this in favour of #2129. Deleting all products that are matching WC catalog is possible. Problem happens only when we have shadow products as described in #2129