Title: CAN’T DEACTIVATE
Last modified: February 6, 2019

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# CAN’T DEACTIVATE

 *  Resolved [vich11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vich11/)
 * (@vich11)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/)
 * What the heck. I’m doing plugin cleanup and want to deactivate and uninstall 
   your plugin, but I CAN’T.
 * First, you make me answer a questionnaire just to ALLOW me to deactivate your
   plugin. When I go ahead and do that and hit Deactivate, it does NOT deactivate.
   It stays active.
 * If I go directly to the plugins directory and delete it there, then I’m stuck
   with an error message on my plugins page telling me there is a problem deactivating
   the plugin because it does not exist.
 * What. The. Hell.
 * HOW DO I DEACTIVATE THIS PLUGIN?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11176850)
 * Hi, can you check your website plugins directory via FTP to see if the plugin
   folder is still there?
 *  Thread Starter [vich11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vich11/)
 * (@vich11)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11176858)
 * Yes, it is. I reinstalled the plugin so I wouldn’t have a permanent error message
   at the top of my plugins page.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11184889)
 * Hi so are you still having any issues here?
 *  Thread Starter [vich11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vich11/)
 * (@vich11)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11185238)
 * I was able to successfully deactivate and remove the plugin today for some reason,
   so the issue is resolved.
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Contributor [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11185710)
 * great! thanks for letting us know. Can you let us know what prompted the deletion
   in the first place?
 *  Thread Starter [vich11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vich11/)
 * (@vich11)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11185745)
 * Just not using it. Doing plugin cleanup.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11190905)
 * Thanks for letting us know! Don’t hesitate to try it out again in the future 
   if the need arises!

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-deactivate-6/#post-11190905)
 * Status: resolved