# Could not delete site config file DK0072
**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/could-not-delete-site-config-file-dk0072/5975
**Category:** Application Support
**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/could-not-delete-site-config-file-dk0072/5975 "2026-02-12T15:19:48Z")
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### Author:  [@Adrian\_L](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Adrian_L)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/could-not-delete-site-config-file-dk0072/5975/10 "2026-02-19T02:21:31Z")
Thank you for sharing the main.log file. I review it and it appears that this specific error is what causing the “Something bad happened” failure when creating/pull sites through DevKinsta.
```auto
[2026-02-12 08:27:02.637] [error] [ipcMainStep] Error in operation SITE_CREATION, step database: Error: Error (1): UERROR 1045 (28000): Access deni ed for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
1704 at /Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:2:837383
1705 at tryCatch (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1843893)
1706 at Generator. (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1845538)
1707 at Generator.next (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1844442)
1708 at asyncGeneratorStep (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1836779)
1709 at _next (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1836999)
1710 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
```
You can try the steps provided here to try to resolve this error.
> [@Error: Something bad happened - when trying to import site from myKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/error-something-bad-happened-when-trying-to-import-site-from-mykinsta/5661/15):
>
> Hello @wpcreative-jwwaving_hand As discussed in our chat, I’m posting a complete step by step instructions, if needed in the future. @Seyed My colleague and I gave you the steps in the other threads, but I wanted to tag you here as well. Note: This applies to fixing the issues with site creation that are caused by database access error (in DevKinsta main.log, it’s → ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES) ). Part ONE - RESETING ‘root’ USER PASSW…
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