Where would you locate the plugin jar when uninstalling a plugin manually?

Where would you locate the plugin jar when uninstalling a plugin manually?

• A. Conf folder
• B. PLUGINDATA folder
• C. bin folder
• D. webapps/confluence/plugins

Answer: (B)

When uninstalling a plugin manually, the plugin jar you need to remove is stored in the PLUGINDATA folder inside your Confluence home. This is where the plugin framework keeps the plugin artifacts it loads at runtime. Deleting the jar from there ensures the plugin won’t be loaded on next startup. The other folders serve configuration, startup scripts, or deployment layout and aren’t the proper place to manually remove a plugin. Stop Confluence, delete the plugin jar from PLUGINDATA, then start it again and verify the plugin is gone.

When uninstalling a plugin manually, the plugin jar you need to remove is stored in the PLUGINDATA folder inside your Confluence home. This is where the plugin framework keeps the plugin artifacts it loads at runtime. Deleting the jar from there ensures the plugin won’t be loaded on next startup. The other folders serve configuration, startup scripts, or deployment layout and aren’t the proper place to manually remove a plugin. Stop Confluence, delete the plugin jar from PLUGINDATA, then start it again and verify the plugin is gone.