Uninstall and reinstall WordPress (step by step for beginners)

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Before you do anything, you should first create a full backup of your existing WordPress website.You can use a WordPress backup plugin to do this . Make sure you save your backup files to your computer or a cloud storage service like Google Drive or Dropbox.

We won't be using this backup to reinstall WordPress in this tutorial, but it's good to have it in case something goes wrong.

For more details, see our beginner's guide to securing a WordPress website .

Step 1. Export your WordPress content
The first thing you need to do is export your WordPress content by creating a WordPress export file. This file will contain all your posts, pages, categories, tags, and comments.

When restoring a WordPress website using this export file, you can omit the data created by WordPress plugins.

If you have a lot of registered users on your website, you might want to export them too. Check out our guide on how to easily import/export users in WordPress .

Step 2. Download the “wp-content” folder
All your WordPress themes, plugins, images and list of vietnam cell phone number uploads are /wp-content/stored in the folder on your website.

Let's download this content to your computer so you can use it later to reinstall WordPress.

First, you need to connect to your WordPress website using an FTP clientwp-content or the file manager in cPanel. Once connected, simply select the folder , right-click on it and click on the “Download” option to save it to your computer.

Download wp-content folder
After downloading the folder wp-content, you can uninstall WordPress.

Step 3. Uninstall WordPress properly
To uninstall WordPress, you need to connect to your website using an FTP client or the file manager in cPanel and delete all WordPress files.