Title: Error WordPress Already Installed?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error WordPress Already Installed?

 *  [Mea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mea/)
 * (@mea)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-wordpress-already-installed/)
 * Hello!
 * I am trying to install WordPress but when I open the wp-admin/install.php link
   the page says error and that I have already installed WordPress and that I should
   clear my old database tables first. But my database is totally empty if it´s 
   the FTP it means? When the read me file says “upload everything” after editing
   wp-config.php what exactly does it mean?

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 *  Thread Starter [Mea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mea/)
 * (@mea)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-wordpress-already-installed/#post-1165881)
 * I hope everybody understands the question!
 *  [batrachoid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batrachoid/)
 * (@batrachoid)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-wordpress-already-installed/#post-1165886)
 * I don’t believe you can edit your database with an FTP client. You need a database
   management system to clear the tables.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-wordpress-already-installed/#post-1165889)
 * simplest thing to do is open your `wp-config.php` and change the `$table_prefix`
   from `wp_` to something else like `wp1_`
    this will force the install with new
   tales
 * or log in to phpmyadmin and checkmark all tables and at bottom choose “drop” 
   from the drop down box
 *  [kenquach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenquach/)
 * (@kenquach)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-wordpress-already-installed/#post-1166245)
 * my database is empty. i accidentally deleted it and created a new one before 
   reinstalling wordpress.
 * please help.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [kenquach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenquach/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-wordpress-already-installed/#post-1166245)
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