Title: Ploylang cannot be reinstalled
Last modified: May 5, 2020

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# Ploylang cannot be reinstalled

 *  [thomasvaterlaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasvaterlaus/)
 * (@thomasvaterlaus)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ploylang-cannot-be-reinstalled/)
 * I was informed to update polylang. After doing that, the plugin was no longer
   be available. By trying to reinstal the plugin, there is an error message like:
   
   Plugin vcannot be installed because of a directoy allready exists. My site will
   no longer show the two languages it was setup to. Many thnaks for support Thomas
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fploylang-cannot-be-reinstalled%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [thomasvaterlaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasvaterlaus/)
 * (@thomasvaterlaus)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ploylang-cannot-be-reinstalled/#post-12795556)
 * While I didn’t got any feedback to my problem, I tried to solve it by my self.
   
   What I did: – deleting existing directory of polylang-plugin I was expecting 
   to setup all details again – reinstall polylang
 * Lucky to see that every thing is working properly now.

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 * Last reply from: [thomasvaterlaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasvaterlaus/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ploylang-cannot-be-reinstalled/#post-12795556)
 * Status: not resolved