How To Clear Old Data From Kodi and Have a Fresh Start Install

Clearing out all the old data and having a fresh start can be a good thing, especially if errors start to happen.

Uninstalling Kodi often doesn’t delete all user data and needs to be cleared out with a utility.

Using a utility all the old data can be removed from Kodi.

Keep in mind when this is done all the Addons, Sources, and any Build will be gone and need to be added back in.

Doing a Fresh Start is also needed when a new Build is installed as old data can mess up a Build from installing correctly.

There is a number of ways to do this with Fresh Start plugin being the easiest and most complete way to get rid of everything and start over.

If you are clearing out an old Build the Fresh Start plugin may already be installed and will be under Program Add-ons.

Also if you have a Build installed, and no Fresh Start Plugin, switching to the Kodi default skin Estuary will make it easier to follow the directions below.

The Fresh start Plugin works with both the old 17 Krypton and the new Kodi 18 Leia.
 
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How To Clear Old Data From Kodi and Have a Fresh Start

1. At the top left click the System Settings Icon



2. Click File Manager



3. On the left click Add Source



4. Click where it says NONE



5. Enter the URL: http://dimitrology.com/repo and click OK



6. Name it Dimitrology and click OK



7. Double Check everything is correct and click OK



8. Go back to the main menu and click Add-ons



9. Click the Add-on Package Installer Icon at the top left



10. Click Install from zip file



11. A box will slide open find Dimitrology and click it



12. Find plugin.video.freshstart-1.0.5.zip and click it.



13. Wait for the top right to popup and say Fresh Start Installed.



14. After it installs from the main menu go to Program Add-ons and click Fresh Start



15. A popup will come up click Yes



16. It will take a few moment to clear the old data and display when finished click OK



17. Close Kodi and restart it


After restarting Kodi all the old Data should be gone.