Title: Can I delete that Plugin?
Last modified: July 12, 2022

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# Can I delete that Plugin?

 *  [jamescready](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamescready/)
 * (@jamescready)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-delete-that-plugin/)
 * Hi All
    So the previous person who worked on our website installed some plugins
   on wordpress, some which I have deleted finding them unhelpful. But there is 
   one that I am unsure of, namely “Elementor”. I have not found it helpful, but
   I am worried about just removing it, since there may be some elements on the 
   site based on Elementor, and so removing it may crash the site. Is there a way
   to find out whether anything on the site is based on Elementor?
    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/).
      Reason: moved to fixing wordpress

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-delete-that-plugin/#post-15817314)
 * You can check the site’s HTML to see if the Elementor plugin is being used or
   not. If you don’t know how to do this, give us the site’s URL so we can check
   for you.
 * You can also simply disable the plugin and check the site. If it breaks, you 
   know the plugin is being used. Re-enabling the plugin **_should_** restore the
   site, but please don’t take my word for it: **backup your site first!**
 * Another option is to clone the site to a local/staging place. Then you can do
   all your tests on the cloned site, so the public site is never affected while
   you test out which plugin is used or not used.
 *  Thread Starter [jamescready](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamescready/)
 * (@jamescready)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-delete-that-plugin/#post-15817318)
 * Thanks! Actually I will just do what you said, if it breaks I will just say that
   the guy on the internet told me to. LOL.
    I will have a look.

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 * Last reply from: [jamescready](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamescready/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-delete-that-plugin/#post-15817318)
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