{"id":10723,"date":"2021-05-13T18:23:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=10723"},"modified":"2021-05-13T18:23:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:23:56","slug":"how-to-delete-restore-pages-in-mediawiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-delete-restore-pages-in-mediawiki\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Delete &#038; Restore Pages In MediaWiki?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can delete or remove pages from MediaWiki when spammers create unwanted pages on your website. When you delete a page, the page is not deleted right away. MediaWiki removes the page from the website in case the page got deleted by accident. It is possible to restore the pages from the deleted pages list.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps for deleting a page<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to MediaWiki.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the page that you wish to delete.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the drop down menu present on the right top corner of the page and click on \u2018Delete\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>The page will display a message \u2013 Delete \u2018the name of the page\u2019?<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u2018Delete page\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note &#8211; you can restore the deleted pages later. Although the pages are removed from the website, the deleted pages can be restored again in case the page was deleted by accident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps for restoring a deleted page<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to MediaWiki.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u2018Special pages\u2019 option on the left side of the sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the \u2018Page Tools\u2019 section and click on \u2018View deleted pages\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>You will find a section that says \u2013 \u2018recent deleted pages\u2019, in this section, find the page that was deleted and click on \u2018view\/restore\u2019 option present in the deleted pages information.<\/li>\n<li>The \u2018restore revision\u2019 option will be displayed for restoring the page. 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