# How can I delete and start again?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-and-start-again/31493>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [Juillet 28, 2015, 12:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-and-start-again/31493 "2015-07-28T12:50:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [Juillet 28, 2015, 2:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-and-start-again/31493/3 "2015-07-28T14:01:20Z")

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Thanks that worked 👍

But wonder why `rm- rf /var/discourse` and starting all over again didn’t work - any ideas?

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