Title: Recover deleted database..? Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Recover deleted database..? * [monodnb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monodnb/) * (@monodnb) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/) * Hello, Few days ago i deleted from cPanel the website [http://cramadomneasca.net/](http://cramadomneasca.net/). It was here (see the image) [http://postimg.org/image/yp73ce885/](http://postimg.org/image/yp73ce885/) * I just pressed the big red X button (i didn’t made a clone or something). * I deleted also the ftp files. * Now I have to put it online..I recovered the ftp files and uploaded them. If you go to cramadomneasca.net there’s this message “Error establishing a database connection” which is obvious, because I deleted it (I think?). Now I want to reinstall it but I’m afraid to make a database with the same name because it will overwrite the old one and lose all the data (?) [http://postimg.org/image/uwrdu6aif/](http://postimg.org/image/uwrdu6aif/) * I don’t know if I am right, that’s why I need your help 🙂 I need that website up and running. * Thanks in advance! Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/) * (@leejosepho) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348081) * > I’m afraid to make a database with the same name because it will overwrite > the old one and lose all the data (?) * No, you will likely just get an error message saying it already exists. However, what you really need to do here is to go to cPanel and get the previous database name, table_prefix, SQL user and password to add in wp-config.php so you can simply use what you already had. * Thread Starter [monodnb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monodnb/) * (@monodnb) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348143) * If I’ll give you the access details, would you be so super super super kind to help me, PLEASE??? * [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/) * (@rossmitchell) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348145) * > If I’ll give you the access details * The forum rules do not permit this. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348146) * If you want someone to do all the work for you then you should consider posting at [http://jobs.wordpress.net](http://jobs.wordpress.net) * Thread Starter [monodnb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monodnb/) * (@monodnb) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348151) * okay, excuse me. * > No, you will likely just get an error message saying it already exists. * I’m trying to install it again and indeed it says it already exists. But also it says “Select the checkbox to overwrite all files and continue”….so what comes in my mind, can’t I just check this box, install the database and after that copy the old files into ftp? * thank you. * Thread Starter [monodnb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monodnb/) * (@monodnb) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348155) * > However, what you really need to do here is to go to cPanel and get the previous > database name, table_prefix, SQL user and password to add in wp-config.php > so you can simply use what you already had. * or what you are telling me here is to install a new database and change in the wp-config.php the new database name, table_prefix, SQL user and password? * Thread Starter [monodnb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monodnb/) * (@monodnb) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348170) * The problem is I can’t see the database, but it exists if it gives e that overwriting error (image below with information_schema) * [http://postimg.org/image/q5fqsyyhv/](http://postimg.org/image/q5fqsyyhv/) * [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/) * (@leejosepho) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348200) * cPanel > MySQL at your host is where you would discover your database name and MySQL username and then make a new password for that user so you can add all of that to wp-config.php. Then cPanel > phpMyAdmin is where you can find the table_prefix used in that database so you can also add that in wp-config. * Thread Starter [monodnb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monodnb/) * (@monodnb) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348224) * Hello, * Thank you for your reply. I’ve been there many times but the database in not visible. If I try to make one with the same name, it says the database already exists. * [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/) * (@leejosepho) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recover-deleted-database/#post-6348258) * Maybe contact your host and ask why you cannot find/see your WordPress database. One possibility is that you might not be logging in with the credentials for a user of that specific database. 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