Title: Cannot delete plugin
Last modified: September 26, 2019

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# Cannot delete plugin

 *  Resolved [tnightingale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tnightingale/)
 * (@tnightingale)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-plugin-14/)
 * Unable to delete plugin after deactivating:
    “You cannot delete a plugin while
   it is active on the main site.” I answered the question why I was deactivating
   it. Now can’t delete it from the admin. Seems the only option is to delete via
   FTP.

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 *  [Jeffrey Carandang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phpbits/)
 * (@phpbits)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-plugin-14/#post-11972189)
 * [@tnightingale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tnightingale/) The problem
   is probably on the user folder permission, not on the plugin. The plugin activation
   and deactivation is handled by WordPress core. Try deactivating first, then delete
   afterwards. Let me know how it goes. Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-plugin-14/#post-11972189)
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