Title: Updating Databse
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Updating Databse

 *  Resolved [OdhranOD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odhranod/)
 * (@odhranod)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-databse/)
 * i have recently changed the URL on my website by removing the /wordpress at the
   end, i have moved all the fgiles to the root directory and edited the wp blog-
   header.php file, and i still got no results, i contacted my host and they told
   me that the tables in my database are referring to the old URL instead of the
   new one, any idea how i can update my database?

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 *  [Bob Cristello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gntmidnight/)
 * (@gntmidnight)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-databse/#post-6662957)
 * There are several ways to accomplish this. Check out these articles:
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-site-url-through-phpmyadmin?replies=5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-site-url-through-phpmyadmin?replies=5)
 * Good luck.
 *  Thread Starter [OdhranOD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odhranod/)
 * (@odhranod)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-databse/#post-6663008)
 * ok stupid question, is there any need to actually backup my database when doing
   this? im new to this and it seems very complicated
    .

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-databse/#post-6663008)
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