# Deactivating plugins outside of the manager?

**URL:** <https://community.modx.com/t/deactivating-plugins-outside-of-the-manager/5142>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.modx.com/t/deactivating-plugins-outside-of-the-manager/5142 "2022-04-01T14:29:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![swilliams](https://community.modx.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@swilliams](https://community.modx.com/u/swilliams)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.modx.com/t/deactivating-plugins-outside-of-the-manager/5142/1 "2022-04-01T14:29:01Z")

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If unable to access the MODX Manager, is there a way to deactivate plugins outside of the manager?

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**Author:** ![halftrainedharry](https://community.modx.com/user_avatar/community.modx.com/halftrainedharry/32/1063_2.png) [@halftrainedharry](https://community.modx.com/u/halftrainedharry)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.modx.com/t/deactivating-plugins-outside-of-the-manager/5142/2 "2022-04-01T14:32:06Z")

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If you can access the database (e.g. with _phpMyAdmin_), then you can change the `disabled` column in the table `modx_site_plugins`.

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And you probably have to clear the cache manually afterwards (directory `core/cache`).