Remove Plugins  SOLVED

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Remove Plugins

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How come I can't remove from my computer the cloud plugins that are a potential security issue?
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"Disabled" doesn't mean the files are deleted, and so are always existing on the computer, ready to be invoked by third parties.
They don't need to exist at all when the user never uses those services.
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Re: Remove Plugins  SOLVED

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Hello, NicePDFAlways

You can either delete the plugin files manually from our installation folder (by default) :
C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Editor\Plugins.x64
C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Editor\Plugins.x86
Or you can perform your installation in a way that does not install the plugins to begin with, using the available MSI switches,. specifically by using the `ADDLOCAL=` property detailed here:
https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxe10/sw ... edpub.html

Please Note: The ADDLOCAL property is an explicit "INCLUSION" list. If you specify any feature, than ALL features which you did not manually define, will be omitted from your installation. This allows you to ensure that only the features you manually define are available on that device.

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Re: Remove Plugins

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Daniel - PDF-XChange wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 11:04 pm Hello, NicePDFAlways

You can either delete the plugin files manually from our installation folder...
That's good, thanks.

There's a bunch of "language files" for the plugins. What are these? Do I need them?
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Re: Remove Plugins

Post by Daniel - PDF-XChange »

Hello, NicePDFAlways

If you are removing the plugins, there is no need to keep those. They are just a small handful of translations for the inbuilt dialogues which can only be opened by those plugins.

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