Title: Inquiry | Deactivating Plugin
Last modified: January 7, 2025

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# Inquiry | Deactivating Plugin

 *  Resolved [generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/)
 * (@generosus)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inquiry-deactivating-plugin/)
 * Hi there,
 * When I deactivate your plugin, does it also delete all existing cache folders
   and files?
 * Thank you!

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inquiry-deactivating-plugin/#post-18231957)
 * Hello [@generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/)
 * Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!
   When the plugin is deactivated,
   the drop-in files and the folders are not deleted. They remain in the website
   folder structure, however, the caching does not have any impact on the webiste
   behavior.Once the plugin is deleted then all the files associated with the W3
   Total Cache are also removed
 * I hope this helps!
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/)
 * (@generosus)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inquiry-deactivating-plugin/#post-18232329)
 * Thank you. That’s exactly how the plugin should work 🙂
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inquiry-deactivating-plugin/#post-18232486)
 * Hello [@generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/)
 * You are most welcome!
 * We would really appreciate it if you could take a minute and post a review [here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/w3-total-cache/reviews/).
   This will help us to continue offering a top-notch product to users.
   Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inquiry-deactivating-plugin/#post-18232486)
 * Status: resolved