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How to Reinstall your Garry's Mod Server

Need to Reinstall your server because of a mistake or simply starting over? This article will help you factory reset your server back to the base game!

How to completely reinstall your Garry’s Mod server to default

Made a mistake with your server or just want to completely reset it back to default? This quick article covers that topic!

With Physgun you may notice the Reinstall function does not delete existing files, this is because if a core file gets corrupted you can use it to restore the core files without deleting any of your files.

Reinstalling your Garry’s Mod Server

Simply follow the steps below to reset your GMod Server back to default.

  1. Go to Your Server
  2. Go to the Management > File Manager
  3. Click on the first checkbox at the top left to Select All
  4. Click the Delete button to delete everything from the server Selecting all files in the File Manager to Delete
  5. Go to Configuration > Server Actions
  6. Click Reinstall Reinstalling the server

That’s it! Your server will be reset back to its base core files!

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