Uninstall Joomla 1.6 or Joomla 1.7 Plugin

Uninstalling a Joomla 1.6 or 1.7 Plugin

To uninstall a Joomla 1.6 / Joomla 1.7 plugin,
1) Login to Joomla backend.
2) Select Extensions >Extension Manager >Manage >Select Plugin >Uninstall.

Sometimes, the plugin may not install automatically. However, manual uninstallation is always an option.

To manually remove a plugin,
1) Goto Extensions >Extension Manager >Select Type:Plugin >Look for your plugin and what ‘Type’ it is.
2) Login to server with FTP or Cpanel
3) Look in Joomla root directory and open plugins folder.
4) Find plugin files and delete them.
5) Open up phpMyAdmin or mysql> and open the databse for your Joomla site.
6) Look in extensions table.
7) Remove plugin entry from the plugin table.

September 26, 2011 by kent