Title: Remove completely
Last modified: November 12, 2023

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# Remove completely

 *  Resolved [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-completely/)
 * I uninstalled the plugin but I see I still have a file called “malcare-waf.php”
   in the root wp installation directory as well as my .htaccess file still has 
   malcare configuration.
   If I delete the ‘malcare-waf.php” file the site crashes.
   How do I completely remove all configurations that this plugin added? I don’t
   even know how it got installed in the first place…

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 *  [bv-sweta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swetak/)
 * (@swetak)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-completely/#post-17218147)
 * Hello,
 * Thanks for reaching out to us! 
   To completely remove the plugin configurations,
   you need to delete the include code from wp-config.php, htaccess, and user.ini
   files. After that, you can safely remove the “malcare-waf.php” file from the 
   root directory. Removing the file without addressing the include code may result
   in an HTTP 500 error on your site.
 * I hope that helps. 
   Regards,Sweta
 *  Thread Starter [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-completely/#post-17218931)
 * Can you please create a doc that specifies exactly what info should be removed
   from a site for your plugin to be completely uninstalled? Is there some uninstall
   tool or housekeeping option available?
 *  [bv-sweta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swetak/)
 * (@swetak)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-completely/#post-17234403)
 * Hello,
 * At the moment, we don’t possess any documents on this topic. 
   Could you please
   raise a ticket here? We’ll assist you in safely uninstalling the plugin from 
   your site.Regards,Sweta
 *  [bv-sweta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swetak/)
 * (@swetak)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-completely/#post-17255862)
 * Hello,
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved–
   if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.
 * Regards,
   Sweta  

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 * Last reply from: [bv-sweta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swetak/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-completely/#post-17255862)
 * Status: resolved