# Plugin Cleaner

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-cleaner/399505
**Category:** Plugin
**Created:** [March 29, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-cleaner/399505 "2026-03-29T02:10:32Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-cleaner/399505/3 "2026-03-29T18:37:50Z")

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The likelihood that such a plugin will delete something needed and leave the database in a broken state is greater than zero. I don’t remember a case where having tables left by an uninstalled plugin caused a problem.

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