Title: Disabling BackWPup
Last modified: July 26, 2020

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# Disabling BackWPup

 *  Resolved [pao2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pao2/)
 * (@pao2)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-backwpup/)
 * Hi, should renaming/deleting the plugin folder via FTP sufficient to stop BackWPup
   from running any jobs? since i forgot to deactivate the plugin and now only have
   FTP access.

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 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-backwpup/#post-13175580)
 * Hello [@pao2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pao2/),
    Yes, rename/delete
   the `backwpup` plugin folder will stop it from working.

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 * Last reply from: [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-backwpup/#post-13175580)
 * Status: resolved