> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://vr-it-services-pro.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Remove the imported pages, menu items, and reading settings safely.

# Removing demo content

# Removing demo content

If you imported the demo and would rather start clean than edit placeholder marketing copy, this is the safe way to remove it.

> [!WARNING]
>
> **Back up first.** Removing demo pages deletes content. If you have edited any of the imported pages, read the warning in [Demo content](/introduction/demo-content.md) before continuing.

## What "removing demo content" involves

There is no single "remove demo" button. The theme creates several things and you remove them in the right order so nothing is left broken.

| Thing | Where | Action |
| - | - | - |
| Home, About, Services, Contact pages | Pages | Delete or repurpose |
| Blog page | Pages | Keep — you need it |
| Primary menu items | Appearance → Menus | Edit |
| Front page and posts page settings | Settings → Reading | Reset or reassign |
| Elementor data | On each page | Deleted with the page |

## Removing the pages safely

**1. Decide what you actually want**

Deleting Home and replacing it with your own front page is fine. Deleting the Contact page means your header's secondary CTA button and the footer CTA link may point nowhere.

**2. Fix your reading settings first**

Go to **Settings → Reading**. If you delete the front page while it is still set as the front page, WordPress may serve a confusing error until you change it.

**3. Delete the pages**

**Pages → All Pages**, hover each page, and choose **Trash**. Using the trash rather than permanent delete gives you a safety net.

**4. Repair the menu**

**Appearance → Menus** → open your Primary Menu → remove items pointing at the deleted pages → **Save Menu**.

**5. Check your CTA buttons**

**Customize → Vara SaaS → Layout** → update the primary and secondary CTA URLs so neither points at a deleted page.

**6. Empty the trash**

Once you are satisfied, **Pages → Trash → Empty Trash**.

**The theme helps here**

The theme tracks which pages it created. If you trash or permanently delete a managed page, the
theme notices, clears its stored reference, and resets *Your homepage displays* back to "Your
latest posts" if that page was your front page. You should not be left with a dangling front page
reference.

## What the theme does automatically

> **Page reference cleanup**
>
> Deleting a theme-created page clears the theme's stored page ID for it, so the theme will not later try to apply an Elementor layout to a page that no longer exists.

> **Front page reset**
>
> If the deleted page was your static front page, `show_on_front` is reset to "Your latest posts" so the site keeps working rather than serving a missing page at the root URL.

> **Legacy slug cleanup**
>
> If the theme finds leftovers from an older version using a `vara-` slug prefix that it can confirm it created, it removes them. It requires both the theme's own origin meta **and** the slug prefix to match, so pages you made yourself are never touched.

> [!WARNING]
>
> **Pages you created yourself are never removed.** The theme only auto-deletes a page when both its own metadata and a `vara-` slug prefix match. Anything you wrote is yours to keep.

## Starting over completely

If you want a truly clean slate — including the theme's own page tracking.

**1. Remove the Elementor layouts**

Delete or trash the four pages. The Elementor data goes with them.

**2. Reset your reading settings**

**Settings → Reading** → *Your homepage displays* → **Your latest posts** → **Save Changes**.

**3. Rebuild the menu**

**Appearance → Menus** → create a fresh menu with only your real pages → assign it to **Primary Menu**.

**4. Clear the theme's page references**

If you installed via WP-CLI, remove the tracking options directly.

```bash theme={null}
# Optional, via WP-CLI — only if you want to clear the theme's stored page IDs
wp option delete vara_saas_home_page_id
wp option delete vara_saas_about_page_id
wp option delete vara_saas_services_page_id
wp option delete vara_saas_contact_page_id
wp option delete vara_saas_blog_page_id
```

> [!NOTE]
>
> You rarely need to delete those options. The theme validates each stored ID against the database on use and ignores it if the page no longer exists. Only remove them if you are specifically troubleshooting stale references.

## Re-running the import later

If you remove the demo and change your mind, run the import again from **Appearance → Vara SaaS Setup**.

The theme will recreate the pages rather than duplicating them, because it checks for existing managed pages before creating new ones.

> [!WARNING]
>
> This will also **reset your reading settings and refresh your primary menu items** to match the demo set. If you have built a real menu, back it up first or recreate it afterwards.

## Related

> **[Demo content](/introduction/demo-content.md)**
>
> What the import creates and changes.

> **[Launch checklist](/getting-started/launch-checklist.md)**
>
> If you kept the demo, use this to finish the job.


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