Last updated on November 11th, 2021 at 12:03 pm
To uninstall a wordpress installation on softaculous , the installation should be visible under softaculous app installer as below
Login to cpanel to check if your installation is available under script installation
1.Use login details provided by your host to login to cpanel.
2. Under software section , click the softaculous app installer option
3. Click under All installations icon inform of a box on top menu to display all wordpress installations
4.If your installation does not appear on list, proceed to fetch it by clicking the Import installation icon on top menu
Select manual installations options , so system can search for any existing installation
The available installation will now appear under script installations
To remove installation, go to specific link of website which you wish to uninstall, and click the X symbol at its end.
The X symbol once clicked will give you a prompt form as below, allowing you to select what to remove.
If partially removing some items, deselect the specific selections you wish to retain then click remove installation button.
Tick on all the selections , if removing the whole wordpress installation and click the remove installation button.
A prompt will appear as below
Click ok to confirm deletion process.
Click cancel if you do not wish to proceed with deletion.
On successful deletion, message below will appear:
How to un-install theme on wp dashboard
Login to the wp dashboard of your domain
Go to appearances section, select Themes
Click add theme on top of the page, to select a different theme
Select new theme
Click Install option
On successful installation, click Activate button to make it active.
Now the old theme becomes inactive while new theme added becomes the active theme
The message below confirms successful change of theme.
Click Visit site to see new way the site appears
How to uninstall plugin on wp-dashboard
Login to wp dashboard of your website
Go to plugin section, installed plugins option
The plugins will be displayed as below
Click Deactivate option to uninstall the plugin
You may also use Delete option if you no longer need the plugin in future