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How to Delete Custom Attribute Programmatically?

Sometimes you have created custom attribute but due to some reason you need to delete that attribute. To delete attribute programmatically you need to create a different upgrade script.

If the install script has the version 0.1.0 create the file upgrade-0.1.0-0.1.1.php with the following content.

$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();
$setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
$setup->removeAttribute('catalog_category', 'your_custom_attribute');
$installer->endSetup();

Then go to config.xml and change the version tag from 0.1.0 to 0.1.1.

Now clear Magento cache and by refreshing the page check your changes.

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