# How to remove discourse website

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-discourse-website/56503>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [Janeiro 28, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-discourse-website/56503 "2017-01-28T03:31:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 28, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-discourse-website/56503/3 "2017-01-28T04:59:44Z")

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rm -r /var/discourse

Will delete Discourse and all backups and everything. I’m not clear why not just shut down the droplet, though.

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