Title: Cannot delete plugin
Last modified: October 31, 2022

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# Cannot delete plugin

 *  Resolved [seboaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seboaus/)
 * (@seboaus)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-plugin-21/)
 * Hi,
 * I installed this plugin, didn’t use it and now I want to delete it. After deactivating
   and clicking delete, it returns the error “You cannot delete a plugin while it
   is active on the main site.”

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 *  Plugin Contributor [fayyazfayzi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fayyazfayzi/)
 * (@fayyazfayzi)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-plugin-21/#post-16148016)
 * Hi [@seboaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seboaus/),
 * I’m Fayyaz from the WP Staging Support team. It’s a general warning message you
   first have to deactivate a plugin before deleting it.
    Please go to the plugins
   page > scroll down to WP Staging > click deactivate. When the plugin is deactivated,
   it can be deleted.
 * Please let me know if it helps.
 *  Plugin Author [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/)
 * (@renehermi)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-plugin-21/#post-16148334)
 * I just want to add:
 * Some reports say this is caused by W3 Total Cache plugin and other caching plugins
   and on specific hosts: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-delete-a-plugin-when-w3-total-cache-is-active/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-delete-a-plugin-when-w3-total-cache-is-active/)
 * Deactivating the cache plugin first and then trying to delete the wp staging 
   plugin could be worth a try.
 * Please let me know how it goes.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/).

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 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-plugin-21/#post-16148334)
 * Status: resolved