Title: Plugin not completely deleted
Last modified: May 15, 2023

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# Plugin not completely deleted

 *  Resolved [cookiemonster258](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cookiemonster258/)
 * (@cookiemonster258)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-completely-deleted/)
 * I thought I deleted this plugin but I still see some parts of it under Plugins
   > Drop-ins.
 * There is no delete option for this drop-in. How can I completely delete SQLite
   from my website?
 * When I view with FTP, the plugin files are gone but there are some SQlite files
   in the root of the wp-content folder. Is it safe to delete those?
 * I also get this error: The SQLite Object Cache temporarily failed. Please try
   again now.
 * My server resource usage has gone up ever since I installed this plugin and now
   I can’t get rid of it. What a nightmare!

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 *  Plugin Author [OllieJones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliejones/)
 * (@olliejones)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-completely-deleted/#post-16738651)
 * Thanks for letting me know about this problem.
 * _Deactivating_ the plugin should delete the drop-in module and the SQLite files
   from your `.../wp-content/` directory. As you might imagine, I’ve tested that
   deactivate operation under many scenarios, but it sounds like I missed one, sorry
   about that.
 * Is it possible you deleted the plugin by deleting its files from `.../wp-content/
   plugins/sqlite-object-cache/` without first deactivating it? That would cause
   the problem you’re seeing.
 * If the plugin is not active or not present, you can simply delete the drop-in
   file `.../wp-content/object-cache.php` and the SQLite files (often in `.../wp-
   content/*.sqlite*`) with no ill effects. Once the drop-in file is deleted, any
   overhead related to this SQLite cache will no longer be present.
 * (If the plugin is still _active_ it will put back the those files if they’re 
   missing.)
 * Please, if you have time, let me know a bit more about what happened.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years ago by [OllieJones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliejones/).
 *  Thread Starter [cookiemonster258](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cookiemonster258/)
 * (@cookiemonster258)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-completely-deleted/#post-16738684)
 * I did deactivate the plugin and then deleted it via admin. Was surprised to still
   see it under the drop-ins and getting errors about it.
 * I have now deleted the files under wp-content and so far so good.
 *  Plugin Author [OllieJones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliejones/)
 * (@olliejones)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-completely-deleted/#post-16739379)
 * Another possible route to the problem you have: using wp-cli with the wrong permissions.
 * If, on Linux, you run wp-cli with webserver permissions by saying
 * `sudo -u www-data wp plugin activate sqlite-object-cache`
 * things work OK, but if you say
 * `wp plugin activate sqlite-object-cache`
 * the drop-in and/or the .sqlite files may be created with the wrong permissions.

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 * [deactivation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deactivation/)
 * [deletion](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deletion/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [OllieJones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliejones/)
 * Last activity: [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-completely-deleted/#post-16739379)
 * Status: resolved