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title: "Starting over with a Cloud Platform subscription"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to reset your Cloud Platform website, including deleting files, databases, and Git repositories. Discover safe methods for starting over while avoiding data loss and minimizing support needs."
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Although websites on Cloud Platform cannot be deleted by users, it is possible to remove the website’s data and start over from scratch. Use the information on this page to help you find the resources you can use to reset a previously created and developed website.

Important

If you delete your website’s data and then need to recover it, Acquia can provide only _extremely_ limited support, if any at all. Do _not_ follow these suggestions unless you are completely confident that you want to remove your website. If you are not sure, [create a Support ticket](/service-offerings/support#contact-acquia-support).

Resetting the Git repository
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For an explanation of how to delete the Git repository for a website and remove all of its the code and history, see [Reset a Git repository on Acquia Cloud](/acquia-cloud-platform/help/92791-reset-git-repository-acquia-cloud "Reset a Git repository on Acquia Cloud").

Deleting files and databases
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After you determine that you no longer require your website’s files, you can [rsync the files](/acquia-cloud-platform/manage-apps/files/transfer-files/rsync) to another location before deleting them from the directories, if needed. After you have copies of any required files from your website, you can [delete the website files](/acquia-cloud-platform/help/93396-how-delete-all-site-files-hosted-acquia "How to delete all site files hosted in Acquia") if you do not plan to use them again.

For instructions about how to delete a database, see [Deleting a database](/acquia-cloud-platform/manage-apps/database#cloud-delete-db).