Title: Remove index.php when updating?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Remove index.php when updating?

 *  Resolved [nemt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nemt/)
 * (@nemt)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-when-updating/)
 * I am updating from 1.5.2 to 2.0.2 and I have deleted all files as described in
   the tutorial, but it does not mention the index.php file in the root directory,
   should it be removed as well?

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 *  [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-when-updating/#post-370370)
 * Yes, when you upgrade it will be replaced by the latest version’s index.php

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## Tags

 * [index.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/index-php/)
 * [upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-indexphp-when-updating/#post-370370)
 * Status: resolved

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