Uninstall needed.

  • I posted a topic without a title so I am repeating my query. I am a newbie and am confused with some of the answers I have read. I have very recently tried to set up on my server but like a fool I tried to repeat the installion. As a result the program comes up without all of its features(missing headers etc)
    I have read that I could use phpMyAdmin to drop each of 10 tables. How exactly do I do this. I also read that I could use FTP to delete WPfiles. How do I do this?
    Will I need to contact my server?
    I did say I was a newbie didn’t I.

    With kind regards,
    Geoffrey Smith.

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  • Do you know how to use an FTP program and how to connect to your phpMyAdmin install?

    Thread Starter geoffrey-smith

    (@geoffrey-smith)

    I am afraid don’t know how to run an FTP program. I thought that the phpMyAdmin install would involve removing files via Cpanel one at a time.

    if you have cPanel, then you can use the cpanel file manager to kill files one by one – but it’s a LOT of them.

    how did you get wordpress on there in the first place? If you used Fantastico to install it, then you can use that to uninstall it without all the effort.

    Also, if you do happen to do this manually, don’t drop the tables in the database, just drop the database itself, using cpanel’s pretty icons.

    I’d investigate the Fantastico thing further, if I were you, though.

    Thread Starter geoffrey-smith

    (@geoffrey-smith)

    Thanks Ivovic,

    I probably will delete files one at a time under file manager.
    When I used Fantastico I didn’t see any reference to an uninstall.

    I know this sounds dumb, but how and which Icons do I delete in cpanel ?

    Thanks for your help !

    Regards.

    well, unless your host puts the database on a different server, you will likely have a “mysql databases” icon in the “databases” section, not far from the phpMyAdmin icon.

    There you can hit the red X on the database to remove it completely without having to drop tables with phpMyAdmin.

    Fantastico definitely has an option to remove installations though. It might be worth your while to investigate that further, unless you’ve already started deleting files one by one.

    Thread Starter geoffrey-smith

    (@geoffrey-smith)

    Thanks Ivovic,
    I have just spied a remove button on Fantastico to remove the current installation – don’t tell me it could be so simple?

    Is that all I would have to do?

    I have been reading a lot of apparent problems to remove files.

    Thanks again for your help Ivovic.

    it’s definitely that simple – especially when you tell people you’re FTP phobic, and you have cpanel – that was the hint I needed to get you to look at fantastico closer.

    Not everyone has that available to them, which is why you see so many posts on the subject. FTP phobics, without the right tools.

    Luckily you’ve got it all right there, which will make uninstalling/reinstalling or whatever a breeze.

    Thread Starter geoffrey-smith

    (@geoffrey-smith)

    That’s great Ivovic.

    You have been a great help – It is amazing though that with all the information you get on google etc. a problem can seem harder than it is.

    With regards,

    Geoffrey Smith.

    cheers Geoffrey.

    by the way, if I may ask, what will you be using instead of wordpress?

    Thread Starter geoffrey-smith

    (@geoffrey-smith)

    I intended to reinstall WordPress !

    ahh, so it’s not goodbye then!

    Cheers ??

    Thread Starter geoffrey-smith

    (@geoffrey-smith)

    No, and thanks again Ivovic.

    Hopefully we may speak again.

    Cheers.

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