how to uninstall and reinstall wordpress

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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.”