Uninstall

This page explains the difference between deactivating and deleting Updatronix, and what happens to your data in each case.

Deactivate vs delete

• Deactivating stops the plugin. Its scheduled tasks are removed and the native WordPress update schedule is restored, but everything else is kept: your log entries, your settings, and the auto-update choices you made. Reactivating picks up where you left off.
• Deleting runs the uninstall routine, which removes the plugin’s data. This page describes what is removed.

Deleting a plugin is irreversible. If you think you might reinstall later, deactivate instead.

How to delete

1. Deactivate Updatronix on the Plugins screen.
2. Select Delete. WordPress asks for confirmation and then runs Updatronix’s uninstall routine.

On multisite, delete it from the Network Admin after deactivating it network-wide.

What deletion removes

• The whole update log: the database table that stores it, and every entry in it. On multisite, leftover per-subsite tables from older versions go too.
• Every Updatronix setting: logging and retention choices, the network schedule, the delay window, the notification settings, the export history, and the internal markers Updatronix keeps about its own data.
• The scheduled daily cleanup, plus Updatronix’s temporary data.
• The manage_updatronix capability, removed from the administrator role on single-site installs.

The plugin’s translation files are not touched, and WordPress core options are not touched.

What deletion keeps

• Your automatic update choices. Updatronix writes them to WordPress’s own auto-update options, which are not part of the plugin. After deletion, WordPress continues to auto-update exactly the items you enabled. To stop that, change the settings on the native Dashboard → Updates screen before you delete, or after.
• Your site’s update history inside WordPress itself. Updatronix only keeps its own log.
• Email settings made elsewhere. Updatronix only redirects and filters the native update emails while it is active.

Related plugins

If you also use the Pro edition, Updatronix 3000, delete that plugin too. Its own uninstall routine removes the Pro license data and the Pro capability. Its user documentation sits alongside this one.

See also: Getting started · Settings