Title: Plugin deactivation
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Plugin deactivation

 *  [ervin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ervin/)
 * (@ervin)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-deactivation/)
 * How can I deactivate a plugin by editing a config file?
    I messed up a plugin
   installation (don’t ask how :)), and now I cannot access wp-admin (I get a lot
   of php source in the header and errors). I am sure I need to deactivate a plugin;
   I just can’ t access the admin panel, except through FTP.

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 *  Thread Starter [ervin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ervin/)
 * (@ervin)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-deactivation/#post-79498)
 * Never mind. I discovered that deleting the plugin deactivates it. How obvious!
 *  [masquerade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masquerade/)
 * (@masquerade)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-deactivation/#post-79540)
 * ervin, you problably could have just edited the plugin and removed whitespace
   before and after the PHP tags, a lot of people have that problem

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-deactivation/#post-79540)
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