resetting my site to start from the beginning

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  mummyof5miracles · Member · Jan 5, 2017 at 4:24 pm

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  I am very new to this site and have somehow managed to delete some of the content, including ho wit was all set out , I would like to completely wipe everything ( but keep the address) to make it like its a brand new page just started, so that I can begin again select the template and start editing.
  When I delete things and move them to the trash it just deletes them then all of the subcategories have also gone I want the set out to be how it was in the beginning ready for me to edit it for the first time, can anyone help? I click on the ask support to do it for you and it took me to this

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  fabcou · Member · Jan 5, 2017 at 5:00 pm

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  Hi,

  To reset a wordpress website, they are 2 elements to take into consideration:

  • the uploaded files (all the media, plugins and themes)
  • the database

  The files you already uploaded won’t affect much but if you really want to start from the basic wordpress install, you will have the delete manually every media, plugins and themes

  For the database (responsible for all the posts, pages, customizations and more), there are a few plugins available for free to help you to reset it.

  For example: wordpress-reset

  You can also try this link to a tutorial.

  Voila !

  Hope it helps you :)

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  timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2017 at 5:31 pm

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  @fabcou
  Please do not post references to wordpress.ORG support here on the wordpress.COM support forums.

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2017 at 5:34 pm

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  @mummyof5miracles
  There is no such thing as a theme reset button. We simply undo whatever we have done.

  You must be logged in under the username account that registered the site first. Then to empty the site you have two options:
  (1) Doing this quickly and easily yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
  (2) Waiting in a queue and having Staff do it for you.

  Staff can empty the whole blog for you. That will remove all data including posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, and uploaded files and once deleted, the data cannot be recovered.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1

  If you are sure you want Staff to proceed, and you are prepared to wait then type modlook into the tags in the sidebar of this thread for Staff attention, and post here again to:
  (1) confirm the URL of the blog(s) you want them to empty;
  (2) confirm that you know content deletion is irreversible.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2017 at 5:36 pm

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  re: getting started
  You can start by setting up your theme and publishing some content as the site is already public and available to search engine spiders.

  Every theme has a detailed theme description page and this one is at https://wordpress.com/themes/apostrophe/ That’s where set up instructions for it are found. The live demo site is at https://apostrophedemo.wordpress.com/

  You must be logged in under the exact same username that registered the site to be able to access the site. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  *Replace NAME_OF_BLOG in that URL with the actual name of your blog.

  To use the customizer see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

  For creating a post in the New editor see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#publish-a-new-post
  For creating a page in the new editor see here
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-page

  For editing in the new editor see:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/edit-pages-screen/

  On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the step by step Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/

  See also the “Video Quick Start” tutorial http://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/

  The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page. If you need help setting up a custom menu see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/

  Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/
  See also:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-website-setup/