Title: Changing database name
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Changing database name

 *  Resolved [Screwhead28](https://wordpress.org/support/users/screwhead28/)
 * (@screwhead28)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-database-name-2/)
 * I made a duplicated copy of my client’s website over to my local computer so 
   that I can make changes.
 * When transferring the website back over to their live site do I have to delete
   all the files in their public html folder and create a new database?
 * The reason I’m asking is because the database I created on my local computer 
   is different from the database that is on their live site.
 * In other words when switching back and forth from local to live server, do I 
   have to wipe the live site’s public html folder clean before I can redeploy their
   website?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/)

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-database-name-2/#post-6819692)
 * Hey Screwhead28,
 * You don’t have to wipe the folder, there is an option on step 1 of the installer
   under advanced options called ‘Manual Extraction’ which will let you manually
   extract the zip over other files, however by default the plugin expects an empty
   directory just so people don’t unintentionally overwrite files.
 * If your doing allot of switching back and forth I would recommend using this 
   plugin:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/)
 * Hope that helps!

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