# Stop plugin update?

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320>\
**Category:** Using Jenkins\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320 "2023-01-13T20:05:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![somera](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/somera/32/3132_2.png) [@somera](https://community.jenkins.io/u/somera)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320/1 "2023-01-13T20:05:41Z")

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Hi,

it’s possible to stop the plugin update process for the downloaded but not installed plugins?

![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/2X/8/82ccdcdf90a62d03693eb832514606e0431d024a.png)

If yes, how?

thx

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**Author:** ![slide\_o\_mix](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/slide_o_mix/32/20977_2.png) [@slide\_o\_mix](https://community.jenkins.io/u/slide_o_mix)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320/2 "2023-01-13T21:44:43Z")

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Do you mean like revert the items that are “Downloaded Successfully. Will be activated during the next boot”?

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**Author:** ![somera](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/somera/32/3132_2.png) [@somera](https://community.jenkins.io/u/somera)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320/3 "2023-01-13T22:27:22Z")

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Right. It’s possible to remove something on file system before the restart?

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**Author:** ![halkeye](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/halkeye/32/8_2.png) [@halkeye](https://community.jenkins.io/u/halkeye)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320/4 "2023-01-13T22:38:55Z")

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at the point you see that, the files have already been written to $JENKINS\_HOME/plugins/, you can delete the file in that directory, but if its required, you’d have to download the older version manually again, or restore from your backups.

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**Author:** ![somera](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/somera/32/3132_2.png) [@somera](https://community.jenkins.io/u/somera)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320/5 "2023-01-15T21:59:16Z")

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@halkeye I can also copy .bak to .hpi in the plugin folder?

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**Author:** ![halkeye](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/halkeye/32/8_2.png) [@halkeye](https://community.jenkins.io/u/halkeye)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320/6 "2023-01-16T03:13:42Z")

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I don’t know what makes .bak files, so maybe?

Make a backup and try it?

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**Author:** ![bpedersen2](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/bpedersen2/32/367_2.png) [@bpedersen2](https://community.jenkins.io/u/bpedersen2)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/stop-plugin-update/5320/7 "2023-01-19T14:38:38Z")

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The .bak files are created by jenkins, so copying them back works nicely (they are also used for the ‘restore previous plugin version’ in the plugin manager).