Title: deactivate plugin
Last modified: April 29, 2017

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# deactivate plugin

 *  Resolved [Rob Cubbon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robcub/)
 * (@robcub)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/)
 * I find this plug-in extremely useful to
    1. change admin username
    2. change DB tables prefix
    3. monitor file permissions and change where necessary
 * however, I don’t want to use it or have it activated after having done those 
   things.
 * If I deactivate it from the WP plugins page it still leaves 6 aiowps_ tables 
   in the database.
 * This there another way to deactivate plugin?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/#post-9082100)
 * Hi, please check the following [documentation](https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/all-in-one-wp-security-reset-settings-plugin).
   Let me know if this helps you.
 * Kind regards
 *  Thread Starter [Rob Cubbon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robcub/)
 * (@robcub)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/#post-9082936)
 * Thanks [@mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) but, 
   to me, that appears to be documentation to uninstall and reinstall All In One
   WP Security & Firewall when you’ve been locked out.
 * What I want is a clean uninstall All In One WP Security & Firewall when you don’t
   want to use it again.
 * So, how do you uninstall All In One WP Security & Firewall so it “cleans up after
   itself”, so to speak.
 * If you just Deactivate the plugin it leaves tables on the MySQL database.
 * Hope this makes sense.
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/#post-9083918)
 * Hi [@robcub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robcub/), the instructions above
   will allow you to remove all traces of the plugin. Then simply uninstall and 
   delete the reset plugin.
 * Let me know if that helps you further.
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [Rob Cubbon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robcub/)
 * (@robcub)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/#post-9085274)
 * [@mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) I was confused
   because I thought you were saying I should deactivate the plugin using PHPMyAdmin
   instead of doing it via the WordPress backend?
 * Anyway, I’ve deactivated the All In One WP Security & Firewall via the WordPress
   plugins page and then installed and activated the AIOWPS Reset Settings Plugin
   and tried to Access the settings page of this plugin by clicking on the “Settings”
   link to go to this page wp-admin/options-general.php?page=aiowps_reset_settings_plugin_options
 * and I got:
 * Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.
 * 🙁
 *  [fermanus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fermanus/)
 * (@fermanus)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/#post-9086043)
 * Hi,
 * For my understanding: is it also OK to go in the DB, delete the 6 AIOWPS tables
   + the aio_wp_security_configs row in wp-options or is it risky (or wrong)?
 * Regards
 * Fermanus
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/#post-9087387)
 * [@robcub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robcub/), try the following. Don’t
   install the reset plugin. Disable and delete All In One…plugin. Then carry out
   [@fermanus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fermanus/) suggestion above. 
   That should remove all entries of this plugin.
 * Let me know how you go.
 * Regards

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 * Last reply from: [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-6/#post-9087387)
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