# Resetting Discourse Instance

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-discourse-instance/128593>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 14, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-discourse-instance/128593 "2019-09-14T18:39:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-discourse-instance/128593/2 "2019-09-14T18:47:05Z")

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This will delete all data including the database and recreate the Docker container.

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
./launcher stop app
rm -rf shared/standalone
./launcher rebuild app

```

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