Title: reinstall question
Last modified: March 16, 2020

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# reinstall question

 *  Resolved [gleg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gleg/)
 * (@gleg)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstall-question/)
 * Hi..My website was injected with malware and unfortunately nextgen plugin was
   one of the plugins that has annoying code injected on many of the files. I was
   wondering instead of going through each file to clean, would it be easier to 
   delete the plugin install and reinstall with a fresh new nextGen gallery?
 * Would I have to set up the plugin again or is that info stored some place in 
   my wordpress install. I assume the code on the pages and post would still be 
   there but wondering about the settings in the plugin?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Mihai Ceban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mihaiimagely/)
 * (@mihaiimagely)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstall-question/#post-12551483)
 * Hi [@gleg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gleg/),
 * It is absolutely safe to deactivate delete then re-install NextGen.
    This will
   not affect the galleries or settings.

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 * Last reply from: [Mihai Ceban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mihaiimagely/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstall-question/#post-12551483)
 * Status: resolved