Removing wordpress directories

[murrayss]

Hi could you please assist in removing the following directories fromm my root directory as I am being blocked from reinstalling wordpress and file manager does not seem to delete them.

wp-content
wp-admin
wp-includes


Thanks

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

You can do it from a ftp client or from cpanel file manager

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[murrayss]

Tried to in cpanel filemanager they show deleting then reappear on refresh????

 

[techairlines]

Tried to in cpanel filemanager they show deleting then reappear on refresh????

Can you try changing the chmod of the folders to 777?

It seems like you might have a file ownership and permission issue.

Please login through an FTP client and look who it says under the column named OWNER. It should be a bunch of numbers. If its 99 99 (or 0), then it means the files somehow ended up as owned by "nobody", which I've seen happen before. In this case, you probably won't be able to change the chmod permission either. In this case, an admin will need to handle this.

 

[dlukin]

You can also try changing the permissions of the directory they are in to 0777 (and then back to what they are now when you are done) and then try removing the files.

 

[Zubair]

Hello,

These folders should be gone now.

 

[murrayss]

Thanks Zubair!

 

[Zubair]

Since Your problem is resolved Now. I am going to close this thread to mark it as resolved. Feel free to create a new thread if you need more help.
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