{"id":322,"date":"2020-03-16T13:49:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=322"},"modified":"2024-02-20T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:11:28","slug":"destination-folder-already-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/destination-folder-already-exists\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination folder already exists error"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You get the following error while trying to install Elementor: <strong>Destination folder already exists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that your Plugins folder already contains a folder for Elementor (or Elementor Pro) and you cannot upload it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible cause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The folder of the plugin can exist on a system and might not work for reasons such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Failed update which removes part of the files from the folder. 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