{"id":1289,"date":"2020-01-10T13:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T13:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/01\/10\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:28:47","slug":"3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete a website from a Hostinger hosting plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">You can easily delete a website from your web, cloud or Agency Hostinger hosting plan if you no longer need it, to free up a slot to host a new website, or to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8947528-how-to-fix-the-domain-already-used-at-hostinger-error\/\">release the domain name<\/a> and use it in a different hosting plan or account. This process removes the website&rsquo;s files, databases, and configurations from your account.<\/p><h1 id=\"h-before-you-start\">Before you start<\/h1><ul>\n<li>Ensure your hosting plan is <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4146981-what-to-do-if-your-hosting-plan-becomes-inactive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">active<\/a> to access and download any necessary data.<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">Backups for Hostinger Website Builder and Hostinger Horizons are not downloadable. These will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered once the website is removed.<\/div><h1 id=\"h_677dbae288\">Step 1 &ndash; Prepare backups<\/h1><p class=\"no-margin\">Before you remove your website, it is strongly advised to download backups. This action is irreversible, and all files, databases, and configurations will be lost.<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Download your website&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5981435-how-to-download-backups-at-hostinger\">files and databases<\/a> to your local device.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">(Optional) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5778153-how-to-export-emails-using-hostinger-webmail\">Backup<\/a> your emails.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you have secured your data, proceed to the next step.<\/p><h1 id=\"h_e28c9bd535\">Step 2 &ndash; Delete the website<\/h1><p>To remove the website from your hosting plan, follow these steps:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Go to the <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> section of hPanel.<\/li>\n<li>Locate the website you want to remove and click on the options button (&#8942;).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click <\/span><strong>Delete<\/strong>.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-hpanel-delete-website.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-hpanel-delete-website.png 908w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-hpanel-delete-website-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hostinger-hpanel-delete-website-768x389.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Review the confirmation dialog. Deleting a website permanently removes all files and databases.<\/li>\n<li>If you wish to remove the associated email service (Hostinger Mail or Titan Mail), check the <strong>Delete email service<\/strong> checkbox. If left unchecked, the email service remains active.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hpanel-delete-website-confirm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hpanel-delete-website-confirm.png 619w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/04\/hpanel-delete-website-confirm-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Mark the first checkbox and optionally the second and click <strong>Delete<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Wait up to 10 minutes for the deletion to complete. During this time, the website may still appear in hPanel; reload the page to update the list.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Your website and its associated data are now removed from your Hostinger hosting plan. If you have a domain connected to the deleted website, it will stop displaying content and is now available to be used with a new website or project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remove a website, including its files and databases, from your Hostinger hosting plan to free up space or prepare for a new project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains-hpanel"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/3624731-como-eliminar-un-sitio-web-de-un-plan-de-hosting-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/3624731-comment-supprimer-un-site-web-d-un-plan-d-hebergement-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/3624731-bagaimana-cara-menghapus-website-dari-hosting-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/3624731-como-apagar-um-site-de-um-plano-de-hospedagem-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/3624731-------hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9387,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions\/9387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}