{"id":134,"date":"2019-01-29T11:33:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T10:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/molongui-authorship\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T16:04:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:04:07","slug":"how-to-uninstall-via-ftp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-uninstall-via-ftp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Uninstall via FTP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"134\" class=\"elementor elementor-134\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7df9539 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7df9539\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3a84d1\" data-id=\"f3a84d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-399591d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"399591d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is strongly recommended to delete a plugin using the WordPress dashboard. In fact, it is also the easier way to uninstall plugins. Simply login to your WordPress dashboard, go to the <strong>Installed Plugins<\/strong> page and delete the plugin from there.<\/p><p>You can check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/how-to-uninstall-molongui-authorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Uninstall Molongui Authorship<\/a> plugin support article. It provides a detailed step by step guide on how to delete that plugin.<\/p><p>That said, some WordPress plugins may <strong>refuse to uninstall the traditional way<\/strong>, so you\u2019ll have no choice but to <strong>delete it with FTP<\/strong>.<\/p><p>To uninstall a plugin manually via FTP, just follow these steps below in order to deactivate (disable) WordPress plugin manually via FTP:<\/p><ol><li>Download and install an FTP client (for example, Filezilla or WinSCP), or see if your hosting provider has their own built-in FTP access tool.<\/li><li>Open FTP client and enter your FTP access credentials (host, username and password) to access files on your server.<\/li><li>Navigate to the &#8220;<strong>wp-content<\/strong>&#8221; folder.<\/li><li>Open the &#8220;<strong>plugins<\/strong>&#8221; folder.<\/li><li>Find the folder for the plugin to remove, right click it, and delete it.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-399e5ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"399e5ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-318fa4f\" data-id=\"318fa4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09cadbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09cadbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Articles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-547d2a6 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"547d2a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/help\/no-delete-option-for-a-plugin\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">I Don't See Any Delete Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is strongly recommended to delete a plugin using the WordPress dashboard. In fact, it is also the easier way to uninstall plugins. Simply login to your WordPress dashboard, go to the Installed Plugins page and delete the plugin from there. You can check out our How to Uninstall Molongui Authorship plugin support article. 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