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# Guide to cPanel Plugins - Uninstall Plugins

## Introduction

To uninstall plugins from cPanel & WHM, choose the uninstallation process according to your system's version.

While you can also uninstall plugins manually, we **strongly** recommend that you use [the `uninstall_plugin` script](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/scripts/the-uninstall_plugin-script/).

## Uninstall a plugin

The `uninstall_plugin` script eliminates the need to manually remove plugins. This file passes information to cPanel's `dynamicui` files when you uninstall your plugin. This method allows the user to uninstall a cPanel plugin.

To use this script to uninstall a plugin to cPanel, run the following command:


```
/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/uninstall_plugin plugin_file --theme=theme_name
```

* In this command, `plugin_file` represents the plugin installation file (a `.tar.gz`, `.bzip`, or `.zip` file, or an uncompressed directory), and `theme_name` represents the cPanel theme to uninstall from (`jupiter` or another valid theme on the server).
* If you do not specify the `--theme` option and a theme, the script attempts to uninstall the plugin from the server's default theme. If the compressed plugin installation file does not contain an `install.json` file, the uninstallation will fail.
* Removing a plugin will also remove any [Account Enhancements](https://go.cpanel.net/account-enhancements) that the plugin created.
* Removing a plugin will **not** remove the [Account Enhancements](https://go.cpanel.net/account-enhancements) that an Administrator created for the plugin.