Title: Impossible delete plugin
Last modified: April 22, 2026

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# Impossible delete plugin

 *  Resolved [GDM57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdm57/)
 * (@gdm57)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-delete-plugin/)
 * I deactivated your plugin, but it’s impossible to delete it from the plugins 
   page: if I remove it via FTP, its data will remain in the database, and I don’t
   want that.
 * How can I do this?
 * I saw another [thread ](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-delete-plugin-29/https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-delete-plugin-29/)
   here in support, but going into the database to look for this plugin’s settings
   seems (honestly) foolish. Also, I don’t know what I’m looking for…
 * Do you have a solution?
   Thanks a lot.

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 *  Plugin Author [OllieJones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliejones/)
 * (@olliejones)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-delete-plugin/#post-18888092)
 * Thanks for the defect report.
 * The plugin deletes almost all its data when you deactivate it. The only remaining
   data is a small option (a row in the `wp_options` table) named `index-wp-users-
   for-speed-options`. The plugin, when working the way I designed it, deletes that
   option when you delete the plugin.
 * So there should be very little harm in using FTP to delete the plugin’s files.
 * It would be helpful if you gave me more details on what goes wrong when you deactivate
   and try to delete the plugin from the dashboard plugins panel.
 *  Thread Starter [GDM57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdm57/)
 * (@gdm57)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-delete-plugin/#post-18888173)
 * It gets stuck in the “Deleting” position, but this never happens, even after 
   hours…
 * If I refresh the Plugins page, after a while, nothing has changed: the plugin
   is still there, deactivated, but it’s there.
 * I’ll check the database… Thanks for the link.
 * Thanks for your assistance.
    -  This reply was modified 1 month ago by [GDM57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdm57/).

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 * Last activity: [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/impossible-delete-plugin/#post-18888173)
 * Status: resolved