I'd like to know how to properly uninstall a mod. I recently installed the Facebook connect mod, and things went wrong. Now, I know I can just uninstall it from the product list, but is that all I have to do? There are still the files that I uploaded, do I really have to go through them and delete them one by one?
How to uninstall a mod
- Thread starter Error47
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Error47 said:
Not all hacks, if any, require you to go and delete those files, but to keep your site structure clean- I would personally find the files you uploaded that are no longer in use, and delete them.
Backup first though in case you make a mistake and delete a file in 'error'.
bluescorpion
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Error47 said:
Technically, the hack author is suppose to take care of all that when you do the uninstall but rarely do. Most hacks, you are lucky if they remove the run time components like the templates, plugins and database changes. The real problem occurs when they don't remove a file, like an xml that the vbulletin still loads after the rest of the hack has been removed. We see it in vBulletin hacks all the time where some query is trying to select stuff from the database that is long gone. bitfield_xxx.xml files are a good example of a "residual" problem because even though the hack has been uninstalled, vBulletin still loads the file as though its still active.
So, the answer to your question is, it depends! If the hack installed a bitfield file, you probably need to remove it manually. Personally, if I decide that a hack needs to go, I make sure to back everything out, even the files that I installed in the beginning. I don't like ugly surprises and certainly don't depend on the developer of the hack to "do the right thing" because they usually don't on an uninstall.
HTH