Title: Clean install using existing database from previous install?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Clean install using existing database from previous install?

 *  [sharoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharoz/)
 * (@sharoz)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-install-using-existing-database-from-previous-install/)
 * Hello,
 * We apparently downloaded a theme or plugin with some malware in it and need to
   reinstall. Is it possible to delete our existing wordpress site and install a
   new one that would point to the same sql database?
 * Our uploads directory is backed up, so we are not concerned with that.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-install-using-existing-database-from-previous-install/#post-2290287)
 * sure – whatever is in your `wp-config.php` database details is what is used

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