{"id":34516,"date":"2021-10-26T00:15:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T00:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=34516"},"modified":"2021-11-01T21:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T21:27:18","slug":"how-to-disable-or-remove-a-xenforo-add-on","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-disable-or-remove-a-xenforo-add-on\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable or remove a XenForo add-on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When managing XenForo add-ons, you&#8217;ll get the option to remove it or disable it. Disabling an add-on will turn it off, but the data created by it will remain in the database and be accesible when you re-enable it. Uninstalling an add-on, on the other hand, will remove it from your XenForo installation completely, as well as any data associated. You will not be able to recover it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"uninstalling-an-add-on\">To uninstall or disable an add-on:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Go to your XenForo admin panel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Once there, go to the Add-ons section<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2-1024x465.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2-1024x465.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2-768x349.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2-50x23.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2-60x27.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2-100x45.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-2.jpeg 1236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Click on the gear icon for the add-on you want to unistall <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1-1024x472.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1-1024x472.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1-300x138.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1-768x354.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1-50x23.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1-60x28.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1-100x46.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-26-at-4.17.01-PM-1.jpeg 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. From here, you can either disable or uninstall the add-on<a href=\"https:\/\/xenforo.com\/docs\/xf2\/add-ons\/#uninstalling-an-add-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-1024x319.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-1024x319.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-768x239.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-50x16.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-1536x478.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-2048x637.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-60x19.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/addon-100x31.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you chose to disable the add-on, an enable button will appear, allowing you to quickly re-enable it. You should also keep in mind that the add-on files you uploaded will not be removed when uninstalling an add-on. These must be removed manually via FTP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a Host Duplex customer and still have questions, please open a ticket in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.hostduplex.com\/clientarea.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Host Duplex client portal.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When managing XenForo add-ons, you&#8217;ll get the option to remove it or disable it. Disabling an add-on will turn it off, but the data created by it will remain in the database and be accesible when you re-enable it. Uninstalling an add-on, on the other hand, will remove it from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[],"ht-kb-tag":[218,192,219,43],"class_list":["post-34516","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_tag-add-on","ht_kb_tag-disable","ht_kb_tag-remove","ht_kb_tag-xenforo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/34516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/34516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34549,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/34516\/revisions\/34549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=34516"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=34516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}