Title: Deactivation Bug
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Deactivation Bug

 *  Resolved [ELsMystERy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elsmystery/)
 * (@elsmystery)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-bug/)
 * Deactivating Links Shortcode does not just remove the Links Shorcode settings
   page link, it removes the entire links menu.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/links-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/links-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Apprique](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apprique/)
 * (@apprique)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-bug/#post-4541831)
 * Hi ELsMystERy,
 * Sorry to hear that you want to deactivate the plugin. It is important to know
   that the plugin does not actively remove the Links menu on deactivation of the
   plugin.
    WordPress has recently hidden the Links menu by default. The menu is
   now hidden if you have not added any links yourself in the past (when the menu
   was visible by default). What the Links Shortcode plugin does is **enable **the
   Links Menu, **even **if you have not added any links yourself. On deactivation
   of the plugin this functionality is also disabled, hence the disappearance of
   the Links menu.
 * I hope this helps.
 *  Plugin Author [Apprique](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apprique/)
 * (@apprique)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-bug/#post-4541832)
 * Please see [http://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Manager](http://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Manager)
   for more information.
 *  Thread Starter [ELsMystERy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elsmystery/)
 * (@elsmystery)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-bug/#post-4541833)
 * Ahhh. I was not aware of the hidden links menu thing. Makes sense, although I
   just can’t figure out what part of that feature Automattic thought was a good
   idea.

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [ELsMystERy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elsmystery/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-bug/#post-4541833)
 * Status: resolved