
Long story short, this is the right way to uninstall Local by Flywheel and make sure that you’ll be able to install it back at some point.

And most importantly, you can download the application. Well, it seems that if that script isn’t used, VirtualBox is not actually removed. You can also upgrade older versions of Local by Flywheel if youve already installed it previously. However, as soon as I opened ANY browser, Local went offline again. Click on the hamburger menu in the upper-left corner of the application. The first time, it said to close anything that uses port 80, so I shut off Firefox and then closed and reopened Local. Here you will find which version of Local you’re running. If you don’t do this when trying to install back the Local by Flywheel, it will get stuck and you won’t know why is this happening. Click on Local in the upper-left corner of your Mac window. This second step is the one that needs to be done instead of just moving VirtualBox to the trash.
#Install local by flywheel how to
How to Create an Addon for Local by Flywheel Components Library Local’s UI components for use in Add-ons. VirtualBox gets installed too when using Local by Flywheel. How-to Guides In-depth guides related to Local Add-ons. And that’s the reason why I’m writing this article and maybe it will help some other users too.


Setting up multiple WordPress websites is just a click away. This is the second time I had this little issue and I don’t want to be any third time. Local by Flywheel allows you to test your sites locally with SSL without the hassle. The idea for this article appeared when I got stuck with the same problem for the second time while trying to remove this program from my laptop and install it from scratch. As you may know, Local by Flywheel is a very useful tool for the ones that want to create WordPress websites on their local computers (at least, this is its first purpose).
