Verb
start afresh (third-person singular simple present starts afresh, present participle starting afresh, simple past and past participle started afresh)
To start or restart doing something from the beginning or with a clean sheet.
That was a debacle. We'll start afresh.
The bigger the network, the harder it is to leave. Many users find it too daunting to start afresh on a new site, so they quietly consent to Facebook's privacy bullying. Evgeny Morozov