{"id":1923,"date":"2018-12-31T06:07:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T06:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1923"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:43:12","slug":"how-to-remove-installation-without-deleting-files","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/enduser\/miscellaneous\/how-to-remove-installation-without-deleting-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove\/Detach Installation without deleting files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This page will help you to remove installation(s) without deleting files\/databases. (for eg. To remove an installation of\u00a0<strong>WordPress<\/strong>\u00a0without deleting its files\/databases just follow the steps given below with a screenshot.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the installations you want to remove, using the checkboxes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Remove from Softaculous<\/strong> from the With Selected field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the <strong>Go<\/strong> button and confirm the action.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3-1024x489.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3-1536x733.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3-1568x748.png 1568w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3.png 1898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1682,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-1923","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5539,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1923\/revisions\/5539"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}