# Unable to start site "Site Won’t Delete or Open – Local by Flywheel Freezes"

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-site-site-won-t-delete-or-open-local-by-flywheel-freezes/50215>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** windows-11\
**Created:** [May 19, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-site-site-won-t-delete-or-open-local-by-flywheel-freezes/50215 "2025-05-19T02:46:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-start-site-site-won-t-delete-or-open-local-by-flywheel-freezes/50215/2 "2025-05-23T13:19:15Z")

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Sorry that you ran into this, @Ahmada.

You could try backing up and removing your sites.json file, then importing sites manually into Local again.

Some information about this process here:

> [@Local ne se lance plus](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-ne-se-lance-plus/42990/5):
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> I worked with @Scots via DM to solve this. Both their sites.json and sites-organization.json files were corrupt. If Local will not start and you see lines such as %%userDataPath%%\\sites.json: Unexpected token… is not valid JSON in your Local logs, I’m documenting here how we got Local to start again and restore missing sites: Quit Local if it’s running. Open the Windows File Explorer. Make sure you have enabled “[show hidden items](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/view-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-97fbc472-c603-9d90-91d0-1166d1d9f4b5#WindowsVersion=Windows_10)”. Browse to This PC → [your hard drive] → Users → [your userna…

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