So you installed WordPress and for some reason you’re not happy with your work, you got confused or lost and simply want to junk everything to start over. Deleting a self-hosted WordPress site is actually super easy. First rule of thumb I like to go by is – use whatever tool you installed with.

If you used Fantastico, Softaculous, cPanel’s script installer etc. They all have an easy delete button. Use it. This by the way is in your cPanel or your web host’s control panel. You cannot delete WordPress by logging into your WordPress site itself.

If it was installed manually or you don’t know how it was originally installed, then follow these steps for web hosts that run cPanel.

Step 1 – Find out your database name and user by reviewing the wp-config.php file.

Step 2 – Delete the MySQL database and user. Be careful when deleting user that it is not being used by another script.

Step 3 – Delete all the WordPress files in your public_html folder.

For more detailed, step-by-step instruction, watch this video to see how I do it.