The Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) allows you to disable a plugin in your application instance without permanently removing it. If you want to remove a plugin from your application instance altogether, please refer to Uninstalling a Plugin.

You can also disable all user installed plugins in your application, by enabling Safe Mode. This may help you to diagnose a plugin-related problem more easily.

On this page:

Disabling a plugin

To access the Universal Plugin Manager:
  1. Log in to your application with the appropriate permissions to access the Universal Plugin Manager. (See Navigating to the Universal Plugin Manager for application-specific instructions.)
  2. The Universal Plugin Manager screen appears, showing a list of the plugins installed on your application.

To disable a plugin in your application:

  1. Click the Manage Existing tab. You will see a list of the plugins installed in your application. Enabled plugins will have this icon:
  2. Locate the plugin that you want to disable and click the title to expand the plugin details section.
  3. Click the Disable button.
  4. Once a plugin has been disabled, you may need to restart your application for your change to take effect. If so, you will see a message for the plugin, Disabled, requires restart.
    Once the plugin is fully disabled, you will see an Enable link for the plugin.

Screenshot above: Disabling a plugin

Enabling a plugin

To access the Universal Plugin Manager:
  1. Log in to your application with the appropriate permissions to access the Universal Plugin Manager. (See Navigating to the Universal Plugin Manager for application-specific instructions.)
  2. The Universal Plugin Manager screen appears, showing a list of the plugins installed on your application.

To enable a plugin in your application:

  1. Click the Manage Existing tab. You will see a list of the plugins installed in your application. Disabled plugins will have this icon:
  2. Locate the plugin that you want to enable and click the title to expand the plugin details section.
  3. Click the Enable button.
  4. Once a plugin has been enabled, you may need to restart your application for your change to take effect. If so, you will see a message for the plugin, Enabled, requires restart.
    Once the plugin is fully disabled, you will see a Disable link for the plugin.

Screenshot above: Enabling a plugin

Disabling/enabling all user installed plugins (safe mode)

Running your application in 'safe mode' disables all user installed plugins at once. All plugins that were disabled when you entered Safe Mode will be re-enabled when you exit Safe Mode.

To access the Universal Plugin Manager:
  1. Log in to your application with the appropriate permissions to access the Universal Plugin Manager. (See Navigating to the Universal Plugin Manager for application-specific instructions.)
  2. The Universal Plugin Manager screen appears, showing a list of the plugins installed on your application.

To enable safe mode:

  1. Click the Manage Existing tab.
    The system displays a list the installed plugins.
  2. Click the Enable Safe Mode link.
  3. Click the Continue button in the confirmation window.
    All user installed plugins will be disabled and your application will now be running in safe mode.
  4. Make changes to your installed plugins as desired.
    For example, you may want to enable/disable specific plugins or plugin modules.
  5. Exit safe mode by clicking one of the links in the Safe Mode banner:
    • Click Exit Safe Mode and restore the previous configuration to restore your plugin configuration to its state before you entered Safe Mode.
    • Click Exit Safe Mode and keep the current configuration to keep all changes made to your plugin configuration during Safe Mode.

Screenshot above: Running Confluence in safe mode

  • No labels