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I messed up with some config files and my scripts aren't working anymore. Is there a way to completely erase all the content of my folders and go back to default options (including having the default Python packages installed)?

I just want to go back to when I opened my PythonAnywhere account for the first time.

EDIT: Please don't modify anything or reset my profile/files without telling me first, I am constantly upgrading my app and I can't do backups very often.

Hmm, unfortunately we don't have a good way to reset the default files. Is there a specific problem you are seeing? (eg: maybe you could just clear your virtualenvs/package install dirs)

People has been asking for a reset option since... 2013. Why not just put the option that the people are asking for? Most of users I guess are beginners, we want to have a fresh start.

Hi @rubenba, thanks for suggestion, but it's not "just putting the option" -- it requires some work to implement it :)

I really don't think it takes more than eight years to implement it.

There is always something higher on the priorities list.

I'm in this pickle as well - would like to simply RELOAD the original set of files - wipe mine out and restart - delete me and make me sign up again. Could this be done?

example of the above ... 1. copy my account info to a temp file account.tmp 2. delete me - entire user account 3. force me off system & and make me log in again with same username and password 4. detect that i'm a 'special case' and retrieve my account info from account.tmp 5. use that info to create a new user 6. force me off system & make me log in again - I think this would be a new user

Alternatively = post a listing of what the 'original files' should be - i can delete the others

I did try the suggestion above - one the web app page push the red button

seems to work - i'l post more later

Glad to hear that it worked for you.

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Run rm -rf ~/*; rm -rf ~/.* in a Bash console and, when that is done, start a new console to re-create the default files.

I am new bee.. have strange problem or I cant detect it..

I have set up a telegram bot for sending messages from my running test python code to know it is not error crash.. Now one test code is continuously running and It is not detectable by me where the process is running,,, even under console Fetch all Process ( Nothing running (hit the small refresh icon above and to the right of this list to update it) after hitting and waiting also, does not show any process.. and still I am getting telegram message from my python code... please help me exiting
NOTE: if i would have not setup a telegram message to be sent from python, it was impossible to know that something is running. How could it be that

I see that you have a scheduled task and a website configured; perhaps your bot is running in one of those? They won't show up in the running processes list on the "Consoles" page.