Title: Revert
Last modified: May 20, 2023

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# Revert

 *  Resolved [terry2124](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terry2124/)
 * (@terry2124)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/revert/)
 * I had the plugin installed and working for a couple of months and now after removing
   the plugin the content control is still working. It is like the permissions were
   never removed.
 * Is there a file that needs to be manually deleted?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Frevert%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Kim L](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimmyx/)
 * (@kimmyx)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/revert/#post-16763007)
 * Hi [@terry2124](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terry2124/),
 * That’s unusual. Content Control restrictions are disabled when the plugin is 
   deactivated or deleted. Do you have caching mechanisms in place (plugin or hosting?
 * We’ll wait for your response.
 *  Thread Starter [terry2124](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terry2124/)
 * (@terry2124)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/revert/#post-16765618)
 * I could not reverse it. After removing the conditions, changing the conditions
   and even adding conditions to allow all nothing changed. Removed the plugin and
   deleted the folder and still nothing. I had to do a full file restore and still
   no go, I did a full database backup after that and my site was then ok.
 * Yes, I do use caching but I made sure to purge the cache from the server, lightspeed
   addon which is connected to the server, Cloudflare was purged and my web browser.
   Did the purges several times and waited a good amount of time.
 * The Content Control plugin worked well but removing it was an issue because the
   rules always stayed in effect even without the plugin and files present, my guess
   is that it was something with the database.
 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * (@danieliser)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/revert/#post-16766581)
 * [@terry2124](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terry2124/) – Based on what 
   you’ve stated, the only conclusion I can draw is your browser or dns cache locally
   on your own machine may have memorized the redirects, only way to clear that 
   is flushing dns and clearing browser cache/history to clear the redirects.
 * That said I want to clear up the technical possibilities:
    - If our plugin’s code is not both installed and active, the redirects are not
      coming from it. This is simply how WordPress works, not something we set up.
    - There are no stored files, no redirect lists in the database, they are processed
      live as the page is requested. We compare content being rendered to the rules
      you set and redirect if they match.
    - The only way php file can be used after deleted is if its already in opcache
      that never expires, not ideal. But this also means your db is perma cached
      as well since again, `installed & active`, and active status comes from wp_options
      table.
    - There are other plugins that provide similar redirect/protection under different
      guises, such as membership plugins, seo redirect managers. Its possible the
      redirect in question never came from our plugin to begin with.
 * Happy to try and debug for you, but given the files aren’t even installed, there
   is pretty much 0% chance our plugin is causing it now given all the steps you
   said you already tried.

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 * [Content Control - The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More](https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-control/)
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 * Last reply from: [Daniel Iser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danieliser/)
 * Last activity: [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/revert/#post-16766581)
 * Status: resolved