After installing fonts from Google Fonts or uploading your own font files, you may wish to deactivate, delete, or reactivate fonts in your library. This guide shows you how.
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Ask our AI assistantIf you no longer use a font on your website, you can deactivate it or completely delete it from your site. Deactivating or deleting a font means that any text using the font will no longer display that font family.
To deactivate or delete a font:
- From your site’s dashboard, go to Appearance → Fonts.
- Click the arrow (>) next to the variant count for the font you want to manage.
- To deactivate a font, uncheck the box next to the variant and click the Update button.
- Or, to delete a font, click the Delete link.
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If you don’t see Fonts under Appearance, ensure the Gutenberg plugin is active on your site.
Or in the Site Editor, visit Styles → Typography and click the “Manage Fonts” button (two horizontal lines with dots) to manage your fonts instead.
If you have deactivated (but not deleted) a font, you can reactivate it:
- From your site’s dashboard, go to Appearance → Fonts.
- Click the arrow (>) next to the variant count for the font you want to reactivate.
- Check the box next to the variant and click the Update button.
