{"id":6202,"date":"2020-12-07T04:17:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T04:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6202"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","password":"","slug":"how-to-remove-a-wordpress-installation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-remove-a-wordpress-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remove a WordPress installation."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For one reason or another, you may want to uninstall wordpress from your hosting completely. You may be having only one installation that you want to remove or several of them and would want to remove one of them. This article gives you detailed steps of safely uninstalling wordpress from your cpanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step I<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Login to your cPanel and navigate to the Softaculous Apps installer section. Click on the WordPress Icon as in the following image;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/xY0SsYqH43kb3fJWoaWbWvxk2m3gvK8wLkcljdYGzdnUqjn_4cUhtLxuTvYq1YgHv85fdbnJ9wQJYsU2nDvuUS388LtM5wne-8meiZRmzRcjo0vPcvh1FfBjdO83fSpv8uaGQ-vZ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step I leads to an interface where you can import all installations, by clicking on the import icon as shown below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/5w-rSFS9xvcEAQWTw03XHUyvDRIny04IsMzxSVhGnclrvFgImiAq0P8L9dGoQ509xAANjxAXKF3teaed_K26VSTLdaFl_qYCNpGMrrH86E6ZCRWyAamjV5oY8q4yNJxji1UpFOiF\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While&nbsp; importing, pick the <strong>manual installations <\/strong>&nbsp;option and <strong>start scanning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/lh-QntFKgjgj5iHw8b7BQikDgTzw4yKPKEhAc9vWyPe0v4zW0tuuthSVQpdSqhhjKeDGeDGCyS9E1s249YJPSXAbXk7ALMvxvMBUGtrdRYorj6PKmuH9uaNoLHk04cMDGw7KbDAc\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step III<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check for all the installations that have been or had been imported, using the \u201c<strong>All installations<\/strong>\u201d icon as shown below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/irwkW0SUX5XOiRP1wzHwb-LX1pYWb37KJvAiokFGo2nh2RJ8rwmogCv4-bk4JDwMbckhDqPmmkdzCDu8p-pOrxVHvWuUvhQo-vN7Gdvk2X1FPK2VwuRoWRTIhxrNm5DHH_YFKeUN\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step IV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step <strong>III <\/strong>lists all the installations you have in the cPanel. Identify your target and use the remove icon to do the uninstallation;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/k9WamauXI_CVqDYZYm5s-iX6wmLRiCIk56lQ2hvrYe9WQHFiSoV7HMV6Rpi_OkoxoyV-ht7O3g7gWmXwK4UepG64SOB_1JH1Ivgxqo1uhc0ZZetvIC-JGZYqm0rCNdgdNOxFBiBp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step V<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/rVS3WuJtUnwQuzpdRgi0qqnzUfL_s3ZP0uF2dF2IVMOhsYgln_ouOf7s2DYdYqdksIzWfFPxPHJiJPNTmkX_IH7X7C_AA6EJlMgdXnzSqzFH-4jsKE1AFhw-1AsSwWXKxcZuK9yd\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the process, you will get options as the above, if you are intending to remove\u00a0 the installation completely, check the \u201c<strong>Remove directory, Remove database and Remove database user <\/strong>\u201d options and proceed to click on the \u201c<strong>Remove Installation<\/strong>\u201d button at the bottom, as shown below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/ae9VWz7bJNXMXBKGlZL6Ou4pDf7ahSUIWSWLLCSTw8Yoe5ORLjCHHDO2LADZUlsUX5l8Sn9CegqlNgqdOL6pwVvgzDnr78-l2d_scWQKL9iQvMWzQLM3GZk6heF4wgQX6Hl06dQQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;END\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For one reason or another, you may want to uninstall wordpress from your hosting completely. 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