Title: is there default setting to undo permalink changes
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# is there default setting to undo permalink changes

 *  [elfranco91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elfranco91/)
 * (@elfranco91)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-there-default-setting-to-undo-permalink-changes/)
 * I changed some permalinks on the site and now getting error 404
    message i tried
   changing it back but no joy is there any way to undo changes or will just uninstall
   and reinstall

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-there-default-setting-to-undo-permalink-changes/#post-1790168)
 * Try resetting your custom permalinks back to the default setting (Admin – Settings–
   Permalinks) and deleting/renaming your WordPress .htaccess file.
 * If that works, then try reading [Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
   before setting a custom permalink structure again.

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