# Site not updating following a new deploy

**URL:** <https://answers.netlify.com/t/site-not-updating-following-a-new-deploy/142979>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** deployment, building\
**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/site-not-updating-following-a-new-deploy/142979 "2025-03-25T07:17:22Z")\
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@Stas_Gorelik Just so you’re aware, I can’t see what you see, and I don’t work for Netlify, so I have precisely zero visibility.

I’m just providing guidance on what _“might be wrong”_ based only on your explanation, and issues that I’ve seen others experience over the years. So I could be wildly wrong on my guesses.

The “Drag & Drop” system is fairly simple, but it is also ‘error prone’ and Netlify don’t plan on fixing it, as it’s not a primary method for site creation/updates for them, it just exists for people to “try things out”, see this thread:  
[https://answers.netlify.com/t/fixed-drag-drop-issue-status-workaround/64314/18](https://answers.netlify.com/t/fixed-drag-drop-issue-status-workaround/64314/18)

You simply shouldn’t need to delete the existing site to upload a new version of it.

Either to the existing site, or to a new site on Netlify.

But at this stage it’s also unfortunately ‘_less likely that something is wrong on Netlify_’ than '_you’re just confused or making a mistake somehow’_.

So I’m advising from that perspective, trying to get you to just look at your files, the relevant documentation etc. If we started seeing others report the same issue in a short time-frame, then I’d start to lean towards there being some actual issue.

If it’s at all possible, you should switch to using either [git deployment](https://docs.netlify.com/git/overview/) or the [CLI](https://docs.netlify.com/cli/get-started/).

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