Title: Plugin doesn't clean up
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Plugin doesn't clean up

 *  Resolved [WSO.host](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzznot99/)
 * (@buzznot99)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-clean-up/)
 * When the plugin is deactivated and deleted it doesn’t remove the /wp-content/
   ewww/ directory. It should clean up after itself rather than leave binaries installed
   that will never be maintained after that point.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-clean-up/#post-7407801)
 * That’s not a bad idea, I’ll see what I can do.
 *  Thread Starter [WSO.host](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzznot99/)
 * (@buzznot99)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-clean-up/#post-7407803)
 * Thank you.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/ewww-image-optimizer/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1582276)
 * [EWWW Image Optimizer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/)
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## Tags

 * [cleanup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cleanup/)
 * [deactivate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deactivate/)
 * [delete](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/delete/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [WSO.host](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzznot99/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-clean-up/#post-7407803)
 * Status: resolved