{"id":29270,"date":"2017-05-22T15:11:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T07:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opte.io\/support\/?p=29270"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T04:00:06","slug":"delete-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opte.io\/support\/delete-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Delete Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; 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If that\u2019s not what you want to do, you can instead: Create a new site and\u00a0keep your content Delete old posts\u00a0and continue using the\u00a0same address Empty your site\u00a0of all its content for a fresh start and continue using the\u00a0same address [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Deleting a site\u00a0<strong>permanently removes it<\/strong>\u00a0and you\u2019ll\u00a0<strong>never be able to re-use its OPTe Site Address<\/strong>\u00a0(such as\u00a0<code>yourgreatsite.opte.website<\/code>).\r\n\r\nIf that\u2019s not what you want to do, you can instead:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Create a new site and\u00a0<a href=\".\/export\/\"><strong>keep your content<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Delete old posts\u00a0and continue using the\u00a0<strong>same address<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"Empty\u00a0Site\" href=\"\/empty-site\/\">Empty your site<\/a>\u00a0of all its content for a fresh start and continue using the\u00a0<strong>same address<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\".\/help\/\">Clone your site<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>stage and upgrade <\/strong>(contact support)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4 id=\"permanently-deleting-your-site\" class=\"section-title\">Permanently deleting your site<\/h4>\r\n<strong>If you\u2019re sure you want to permanently delete your site,<\/strong>\u00a0here\u2019s how to do it.\r\n\r\nIf your site has an <strong>active plan<\/strong>, you will need to unsubscribe first.\u00a0 Goto <strong>Admin Dashboard \u2192 Plan \u2192 <\/strong>Click \"Cancel Your Subscription\"\r\n\r\nThen goto\u00a0<strong>Admin Dashboard \u2192 Tools \u2192 Delete Site<\/strong>.\u00a0 From there you can choose to delete your site.\u00a0 You will receive a email and link to confirm the action.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/Screenshot-2018-5-22-Delete-Site-\u2039-test22134-\u2014-WordPress.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29271\" src=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/Screenshot-2018-5-22-Delete-Site-\u2039-test22134-\u2014-WordPress-632x311.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIf your site has an <strong>expired plan<\/strong>, or an expired trial plan, please <a href=\".\/help\/\">contact support<\/a> to request deletion.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v25.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Delete Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/support\/delete-site\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Delete Site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deleting a site\u00a0permanently removes it\u00a0and you\u2019ll\u00a0never be able to re-use its OPTe Site Address\u00a0(such as\u00a0yourgreatsite.opte.website). 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