# Rebuild taking ~3hours

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-taking-3hours/240859>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-taking-3hours/240859 "2022-10-04T06:11:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![smileBeda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/smilebeda/32/272497_2.png) [@smileBeda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smileBeda)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-taking-3hours/240859/1 "2022-10-04T06:11:54Z")

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> [@How to completely uninstall / remove a plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-completely-uninstall-remove-a-plugin/55034/6):
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> To remove a plugin, simply remove the `- git clone https://github.com/...` line from your `app.yml` file and rebuild your site via `./launcher rebuild app`.

I appreciate that, but _rebuilding the app_ takes about 3 hours!  
And this is on a massive VPS.  
Wouldn’t it be a cool thing to be able to remove plugins just like we can add and remove themes?

Perhaps something to consider as feature in future?  
Thanks!!

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