Title: Staging residue
Last modified: October 25, 2021

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# Staging residue

 *  [trapbarn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trapbarn/)
 * (@trapbarn)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-residue/)
 * I wanted to remove the staging site that I created and stupidly went to the File
   Manager and deleted the contents of the staging folder. Problem it has left several
   references to staging in the snapshot panel which jus clutters things up.
    I 
   can create a new staging copy and then delete it but the residue of references
   still persist. Any ideas on how to clean this up?
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/).
      Reason: Moved to fixing WordPress from Everything else WordPress

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 *  [Jamie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codente/)
 * (@codente)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-residue/#post-15005914)
 * Were you using a plugin to create the staging copy?
 *  Thread Starter [trapbarn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trapbarn/)
 * (@trapbarn)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-residue/#post-15006231)
 * I didn’t use any plugin. I used the control panel in WPresss
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [trapbarn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trapbarn/).
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-residue/#post-15007220)
 * If by _residue of references_ you mean that there are still links to the staging
   url e.g. `www.staging.yoursite.com`, `www.staging.yoursite.com/contact-us`, then
   use a plugin like [Better Search Replace](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/)
   to replace all database instances of `staging.yoursite.com` with `yoursite.com`.
   Note that you should take a full databse backup first.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/staging-residue/#post-15007220)
 * Status: not resolved

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