Uninstall WHMCS
If you need to uninstall WHMCS from your server, you can manually remove the files, data, and cron jobs that comprise the installation. Specifically, you will need to:
- Delete WHMCS’s files and folders.
- Delete the database.
- Delete WHMCS’s cron jobs.
- Disable email piping and importing.
configuration.php
file and database. If you want to resume using WHMCS in the future or need to access your data, you will need this backup.1. Delete WHMCS’s files and folders.
Typically, you should delete every file and folder within the main WHMCS directory. However, if other data that you want to retain exists in that file structure, you should delete at least the following files and folders:
Files
Delete the following files:
aff.php affiliates.php announcements.php
announcementsrss.php banned.php cart.php
clientarea.php configuration.php configuressl.php
contact.php creditcard.php dist.loghandler.php
dl.php dologin.php domainchecker.php
downloads.php index.php init.php
knowledgebase.php link.php login.php
logout.php networkissues.php networkissuesrss.php
pwreset.php register.php serverstatus.php
submitticket.php supporttickets.php unsubscribe.php
upgrade.php viewemail.php viewinvoice.php
viewquote.php viewticket.php whois.php
Folders
Delete the following folders:
admin assets attachments
crons downloads feeds
includes lang modules
oauth pipe resources
status templates templates_c
vendor
2. Delete the database.
You can delete databases using many different methods. For example, you could use phpMyAdmin, the MySQL® command line interface, or through your control panel.
For help to do this on cPanel & WHM or Plesk servers, see:
3. Delete WHMCS’s cron jobs.
Find and delete all of the cron jobs that you have configured to run for your WHMCS installation.
Typically, WHMCS installations use the following cron jobs:
cron.php
domainsync.php
pop.php
4. Disable email piping and importing.
If you previously configured email piping or email importing, disable them.
- For email piping, delete any forwarders that currently pipe mail to
pipe.php
. - For email importing, delete the
/crons/pop.php
file.
Last modified: November 19, 2024