{"version":"2.1.288","anchor":"plugin-uninstall-failure-message-extended","canonical_anchor":"plugin-uninstall-failure-message-extended","heading":"Failed plugin uninstalls now explain more causes and how to fix them","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288\/e\/plugin-uninstall-failure-message-extended","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288","markdown":"### Failed plugin uninstalls now explain more causes and how to fix them\n\nWhen uninstalling a plugin fails, the message now covers settings files that can't be read here or point to another machine, and when to retry\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code cannot uninstall a plugin because it cannot save the settings file that lists it, the error message now covers more causes. Previously it handled only a settings file stored on a network location, and told you to make it an ordinary file on this machine. It now also covers:\n\n- A settings file that cannot be read from this machine.\n\n- A settings file that is a link to a file on another machine, with advice for that case.\n\n- A path that changed while Claude Code was checking it, with a hint to try again.\n\nThe message ends by telling you to uninstall the plugin again once the file can be saved.\n\n**Why**\n\nYou get recovery steps that match what actually went wrong, instead of one piece of advice that only fits a network location.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}