Title: advanced-cache.php cannot be removed
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# advanced-cache.php cannot be removed

 *  [RoX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/144icom/)
 * (@144icom)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephp-cannot-be-removed/)
 * hello
 * i installed W3 Total Cache, after i deinstalled WP Super Cache
 * But now i allways get the message: ‘The Page Cache add-in file advanced-cache.
   php is not a W3 Total Cache drop-in. It should be removed.`’
 * I deleted the file several times, but the file is allways rebuild again.
    How
   to remove this file permanently?
 * thanks in advance!
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  Thread Starter [RoX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/144icom/)
 * (@144icom)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephp-cannot-be-removed/#post-4332653)
 * meanwhile i found this post: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-remove-advanced-cachephp-from-server?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-remove-advanced-cachephp-from-server?replies=3)
 * but i have no admin access to server.
    how to unlink this file per ftp?

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 * Last reply from: [RoX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/144icom/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephp-cannot-be-removed/#post-4332653)
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