Title: Can’t remove “advanced cache.php” from server
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Can’t remove “advanced cache.php” from server

 *  [thehealthyskeptic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thehealthyskeptic/)
 * (@thehealthyskeptic)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-remove-advanced-cachephp-from-server/)
 * I wish I would have checked the forums before I tried doing this. I completely
   removed my WP installation from my server. All of the files were deleted, except
   for the “advanced cache.php”. For that I get an error that says “couldn’t find
   advanced_cache.php”.
 * Most of the solutions I’ve seen on these forums are only applicable if the blog
   is still active. I do have a backup, so I suppose I could simply upload the backup
   and try one of those solutions.
 * But I’m hoping there’s an easier way!

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 *  [jaiasmit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaiasmit/)
 * (@jaiasmit)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-remove-advanced-cachephp-from-server/#post-738796)
 * The problem is the advanced-cache.php isn’t really a file. It’s a symbolic link
   that points to the another file in the plugins folder. In order to get rid of
   it, you’ll need to “unlink” the file.
 * The quickest way to do that is to login to your hosting account using SSH if 
   you can. From there you can navigate to your wp-content folder and run “unlink
   advanced-cache.php”. That should get rid of it for you. Then you’ll be able to
   get rid of the overlying directories.
 * Another option is to create a PHP file in your wp-content folder with the following
   snippet:
 *     ```
       <?php
       unlink('advanced-cache.php');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * then just run that file directly from your browser by going to:
 * yourdomain.com/wp-content/yourtempfile.php
 * Hope that helps.
 *  [oleinv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oleinv/)
 * (@oleinv)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-remove-advanced-cachephp-from-server/#post-738810)
 * Thank you, **jaiasmit**! I could not remove the advanced-cache.php long time 
   and could not understand why. And because of this could not install the WP Super
   Cache. Now everything works.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [oleinv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oleinv/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-remove-advanced-cachephp-from-server/#post-738810)
 * Status: not resolved

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