Title: Deactivating the Plugin
Last modified: March 2, 2020

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# Deactivating the Plugin

 *  Resolved [tinpeas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinpeas/)
 * (@tinpeas)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-the-plugin-3/)
 * Can the plugin be deactivated and maintain the settings or does it need to be
   kept on?

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 *  [Ananda Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wizak/)
 * (@wizak)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-the-plugin-3/#post-12510391)
 * Hello! You would have to keep the plugin activated for all the Security Fixers
   to work.

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 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ananda Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wizak/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-the-plugin-3/#post-12510391)
 * Status: resolved