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How to
Uninstall and
Reinstall
WordPress
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Whether you’ve taken over
a domain
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but don’t wish to keep the
old content
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or you’re just looking to
start over from scratch
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you can delete a WordPress
installation from cPanel.
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Here is an easy way
on how to
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Uninstall WordPress and
start from scratch.
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Let’s begin…
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Open a browser
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Go to your site’s cPanel
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Log in your account
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Look for the
FILE BROWSER
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In my case, it’s the
FILE MANAGER
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Click on File Manager
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The File Manager will open
in new tab.
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It will look like this
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Click on public_html folder
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Now it will show your
WordPress files.
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Click on
Select All
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Click on Delete
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A confirmation window will
appear.
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Tick the Skip the trash
check box
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Click on Confirm
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Now the folder directory is
empty
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After they have been
deleted,
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Click on
the
cPanel
Logo
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to go back to your cPanel
main page.
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Find your MySQL database
section and click it.
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It will show
you
something
like this
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Now you will delete the
WordPress database table.
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Look for Current Databases
section.
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Click on Delete.
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A confirmation page will
appear.
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Click on Delete Database
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Once deleted, you will see a
confirmation message.
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Now click home on the
upper left corner.
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to go back to your cPanel
main page.
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Click MySQL database
again.
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Now you will delete the
WordPress database user.
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On the
MySQL
Databases
page,
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scroll down and look for the
Current Users section
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then click on Delete
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A
confirmation
page will
appear
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Click on Delete User
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Once deleted,
you will see a
confirmation
message.
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That’s it!
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You have successfully
Uninstalled WordPress.
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Your website should look
like this.
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You are now ready to
Reinstall WordPress.
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There are many ways on
how to install wordpress…
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In this tutorial we are using
HostGator.
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To reinstall WordPress…
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Go to your site’s cPanel
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Log in your account
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On cPanel’s main page,
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Scroll down and look for
SOFTWARE section.
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then click on QuickInstall.
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Under the Marketplace
category,
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click on One Click Installs.
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Then click on
WordPress.
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Install Wordpress page will
appear.
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Click on the drop down icon
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and select your domain
name.
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For in the directory field,
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type the name of a new
directory you would like
created.
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You can type in here wp for
example
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Wordpress will be
installed in
http:// domainame.com/wp
directory
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If you leave this blank,
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Wordpress will be installed
in your main directory,
http://domainame.com/
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then click on Next.
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Fill in the
informations
needed
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Don’t think too much of
what to put...
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in the Blog Title box, you
can change that
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later on in your
WordPress Admin site.
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Pro Tip:
Don’t use Admin as Admin
Username because every
hacker knows this.
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Once all are filled in,
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tick Terms of Service
Agreement.
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Then click Install Now.
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Now, your installation is
Complete
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Pro Tip:
Make sure you have a copy
of the Admin Username and
Password
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After you have written down
your Username and
Password,
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click home
on the upper
left corner.
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Then click on Marketplace.
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Under
Marketplace,
click My
Installs.
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Account Installs page will
appear.
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Change your password by
clicking Reset Password
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Pro Tip:
Use Uppercase, Lowercase,
Numbers and Special
Characters to make a
VERY STRONG PASSWORD
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Once done, click Update
Password
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You can now Log in by
clicking Admin Login
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Now, you will be redirected
to your WordPress Log In
site
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Type in your
Username and
Password, then
click Log In
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Congratulations!
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WordPress is now
Reinstalled.
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You are now ready to build a
brand new website.
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“Thank you for
viewing my tutorial.
Be blessed.”