How do I delete food on my database ?

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Cheers!
I can see it on the Frequent page now.

Many thanks,

I still would like to erase all meat products, but it's better than nothing.

Many thanks Sloth3toes :0)

I just quoted quatermore's instructions. Too bad, it doesn't help me too much. Since the stuff I'd like to delete, isn't 'Frequent.'

Where there is a will.........add your soon to be deleted foods ahead a few days and they 'become frequent foods' then delete those suckers! There is a way......

I have the opposite problem - MFP's dinky little 4 page list of recent foods is nowhere near large enough. It keeps dropping stuff off, just when I need to add it to a meal again. Soooo tired of having to re-find it in the database and re-add it just to see it dump something else off my list. It seems like I am adding or re-adding something to my list every day. :explode:

Okay: found this dtd January 19, 2014
"Here is he definitive statement from the MFP Help/Support section. We are basically SOL. Makes no sense that we can not edit out own food lists, but here ya go. Maybe if enough people complain, this simple necessary function will help make this site that much better. There were others asking the same question I was in the Help section as recent as today. They got the same pat answer that is quoted from the instructions. Here is my experience with attaining this wonderful news.

How do I delete foods from list? jjl0412 — Jan 17, 2014 08:15AM PST
Ok, I read from the help files & questions. I am trying to clean up duplicates or food selections I no longer want in the list. In order to delete foods from the selection list, you have to use Frequent, then delete. It goes to a delete file. I get it. Problem is, I only get 1 page. I cannot access any foods beyond that 1 page. I needs to see the other pages so I can delete other selections. This should not be an issue! Any assistance to edit my food lists will be appreciated.

6 Community Answers
Best Answer Jan 17, 2014 08:57PM PST Justin
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to post your question.
At this time there are five food lists
Recent – This list updates on its own over time depending on what foods you added most recently to your diary, content cannot be deleted from this list manually.
Frequent – This list updates on its own over time depending on what foods you add to your diary the most, to remove content from this list simple check the items you want to delete and click “DELETE FROM LIST” at the bottom of the page. This can only be done from the website.
My Foods – This list contains any custom foods you have added to your personal database and foods that you have edited from the primary database, you can only delete personal database items. Edit/Delete My Foods.
Meals – To delete meals you have created, navigate to the “My Meals” page and select the item you want removed, then click “Delete Selected Meal”. Edit/Delete My Meals.
Recipes – Similar workflow as meals, navigate to the Recipes page, hover your mouse over the recipe you would like to remove and click “Delete”. Edit/Delete Recipes.
Cheers,
Justin
MyFitnessPal Staff "

So were on double secret probation; whatever the hell that is!

Hello, I too am trying to delete many foods that I have put into the database. If I go to Foods/Frequent page I can only edit one page and there are many more pages I cannot access. If I go to My Foods, it says No Results found even though I have added a lot of foods that I no longer eat and want to get rid of. If there is truly a way to delete foods from the database I would appreciate hearing from anyone. Thanks.

In in your diary click on add food and the history will come up. Hold down on the item you want to delete and the delete option will come up