Title: Cannot update plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot update plugin

 *  Resolved [newbiecoder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbiecoder/)
 * (@newbiecoder)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-plugin-1/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve been trying to update from 1.1.1 to 1.2 and get ‘cannot remove old plugin’.
 * Any ideas why this might be?
 * If I delete with FTP, how can I back up my table data first and re-instate that
   when I install 1.2?
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-plugin-1/#post-4353310)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * This sounds like a file permission problem on the server, so it’s nothing that
   TablePress can change or influence.
 * Performing a manual update via FTP should therefore be the best method here, 
   indeed. You won’t have to backup any files, as the table data is stored in the
   database, but it’s always good to have a backup of course. To do that, just export
   all tables to the JSON format on the “Export” screen of TablePress.
    Then, just
   delete the current plugin folder “tablepress” on the server and upload the new
   one.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-plugin-1/#post-4353310)
 * Status: resolved