Title: ERROR: The theme directory "responsive" does not exist.
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# ERROR: The theme directory "responsive" does not exist.

 *  [citidm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citidm/)
 * (@citidm)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-theme-directory-responsive-does-not-exist/)
 * ERROR: The theme directory “example theme” does not exist.
 * I am getting the above message in my dashboard for all my themes. When I try 
   to delete the theme I get sent to a page that says “Cheatin Uh”
 * What is this and how do I fix?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-theme-directory-responsive-does-not-exist/#post-4383285)
 * Try switching to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder inside
   wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)
   or whatever file management application your host provides.
 *  Thread Starter [citidm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citidm/)
 * (@citidm)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-theme-directory-responsive-does-not-exist/#post-4383301)
 * Thanks, I will try that.
 * After I try that should I then rename the themes folder back to it’s original
   name?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-theme-directory-responsive-does-not-exist/#post-4383327)
 * You can but I would not advise activating that theme again until you have reported
   these issues to the theme’s developer and been given a solution.

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