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How to Delete a WordPress Site

The steps to deleting a WordPress site will depend on how you first installed it. 

If you are using a WP Enthusiast, WP Professional, or WP Professional Plus package, see these steps. 

If you installed WordPress through PairSIM, see these steps instead. 

Deleting WordPress Sites on Managed WordPress or Podcast Websites Packages

WP Enthusiast

WP Professional

WP Professional Plus

Podcast Websites

If you are using a WP Enthusiast, WP Professional, or WP Professional Plus package, then WordPress was installed at the same time that you created your site. However, this added ease means that the tutorial for deleting a WordPress site differs from other hosting packages. 

To delete a WordPress site from WP Enthusiast, WP Professional, or WP Professional Plus, follow the steps below:

Please note, once deleted, the WordPress site will be removed from the account. It will no longer be accessible and cannot be recovered. Please be absolutely certain you have all content you wish to keep from the site prior to deleting it.

  1. Log into the Account Control Center (ACC)
  2. In the left sidebar, click WordPress
  3. In the drop-down, click List Siteslist site image
  4. In the table, click the Nickname of the WordPress site you would like to deletenickname image
  5. Click the Delete buttondelete button image
  6. Type the name of the site to delete into the boxdelete image
  7. Click the Delete Site button

Deleting WordPress from PairSIM

Shared

VPS

Dedicated

PairSIM is a software management software that makes WordPress easy to install on Shared, VPS, and Dedicated packages. If you used this software to install WordPress, follow the steps below to delete your WordPress site. 

Please note, once deleted, the WordPress site will be removed from the account. It will no longer be accessible and cannot be recovered. Please be absolutely certain you have all content you wish to keep from the site prior to deleting it.

  1. Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC)
  2. In the left sidebar, click PairSIM
  3. In the drop-down, click Software Installation Managerpairs image
  4. Under the Software column, click on the WordPress link for the site you'd like to delete. software image

    Tip: If you have more than one site, you can differentiate your sites using the URL column. 
  5. On the next page, click Uninstalluninstall button image
  6. Confirm by clicking the Uninstall Software buttonconfirmation page image

The software will be uninstalled from your domain. Note that this does not remove the domain from your account. It merely uninstalls WordPress from the domain, thus removing any WordPress site hosted there. 

Note: This process will not remove any MySQL databases that were created when WordPress was created. If you wish to remove the databases as well, see our  Deleting Databases in the ACC tutorial.

Updated on September 8, 2021

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