Title: Plugin won’t deactivate
Last modified: August 22, 2018

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# Plugin won’t deactivate

 *  [Aaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aaronatfpc/)
 * (@aaronatfpc)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-deactivate/)
 * I installed IP2Location Redirection a few days ago to redirect some countries
   to a “content unavailable” page. I tested at [https://www.locabrowser.com/](https://www.locabrowser.com/)
   and found it wasn’t redirecting, with or without our W3 Total Cache plugin active.
   So I’ve tried to remove your plugin in the plugin list, but when I click “deactivate”,
   it always deactivates some other plugin, not yours. Yours stays active. This 
   is unusual and a bit malware-like. Can you please tell me how to remove your 
   plugin?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-wont-deactivate%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [Aaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aaronatfpc/)
 * (@aaronatfpc)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-deactivate/#post-10615276)
 * I used FTP to disable the plugin, then removed it in my WP back end. But I would
   really like to know if any plans are in place to fix this error.
 *  Plugin Author [IP2Location](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ip2location/)
 * (@ip2location)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-deactivate/#post-10615938)
 * It might be permission issue.
 * Can you remove from FTP then re-install from WordPress again?
 *  Thread Starter [Aaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aaronatfpc/)
 * (@aaronatfpc)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-deactivate/#post-10633778)
 * Already removed it using FTP. I have a different plugin working now, so I’m reluctant
   to alter the setup to debug a different solution, but thank you.

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Aaron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aaronatfpc/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-deactivate/#post-10633778)
 * Status: not resolved