How to unistall nodeBB completely?

[reaon]

I deleted nodeBB folder and cloned the latest version for a fresh installation. when I was installing nodeBB, it recognize the old database and used it!

What is the right way to remove nodeBB fully: database, files, etc?

[Sp4rkR4t]

You need to clear the database you are using, for redis you could use the flushdb command and for mongodb I believe it DropDatabase.

[finid]

If you used Redis in the first install, deleting the DB file in /var/lib/redis should do the trick.

[julian]

@planner Important to note that if Redis is running, then the .rdb file is a disk-persisted backup, so even if deleted, if the redis server is running, it will eventually save back the same database data into the .rdb file.

[finid]

@julian

Good to know.