How do I safely delete a Wordpress subdomain?

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A long time ago I uploaded WP as an Add-on domain. I also uploaded a premium theme. That's it - nothing else. No content, etc...

It is easy to delete the theme.

I want to delete wordpress completely without messing up my main domain or any of my other add-on domains. I then will manually install WP again but without using Fantastico.

I am guessing someone will say:
Login to cPanel > click on File Manager >....

Don't laugh but it scares me going into the File Manager. I am always afraid I will accidently mess something up.

If someone could walk me through it like I am a ten year old with her first computer.

Thanks in advance.
#programming #cpanel #delete #safely #wordpress
  • What I understand from your post is that you want to basically uninstall WP and install WP again?

    I don't know cpanel much but what I would do :
    - Delete all files (WP files) via FTP. To be sure you're deleting the right thing, put a "test.txt" file with "hello" written in it. Access "http://www.yoursite.com/test.txt". If you see your "hello" in your browser, you're at the root of your website, it's safe to delete it.
    - If you want to be super safe, just download all the content on your computer before deleting (with a FTP client).
    - Then, with cpanel, delete the database (I think the name of the database should be in your config.php file of wordpress if you don't know).
    - If you want to be safe, make a backup of the database. (I don't know how with cpanel but looking for "backup database cpanel" on Google should help you)

    Does this make sense?
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    • That doesn't make any sense and it's not correct.

      BTW why backup the database with no content?

      P.S. You can respond to me and increase your post count.
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  • If it's an add-on domain, create an ftp account for the add-on domain.

    Install filezilla and use the instructions from your hosting company to add the ftp settings for the add on domain.

    Connect using the ftp account for the add-on domain.

    You should see nothing but the WordPress files for the add-on domain.

    You can safely delete everything there.
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