How to uninstall/remove plugin with pathogen for Vim

Question

How do I uninstall a plugin I installed with pathogen?

Pathogen is not able to install anything, it just manages your runtimepath. — ZyX, Dec 08 '12 at 18:10

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 08 '12 at 17:26

Locate your bundle folder which should be in:

Linux/Mac: ~/.vim/bundle

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\(UserName)\vimfiles\bundle

Windows7: C:\Users\(UserName)\vimfiles\bundle

Delete the folder of the plugin you want to delete.

Note: If you chose a different directory for pathogen to install your plugin then locate that folder and delete the plugin folder accordingly.

Restart Vim

Tip: In Vim type :echo $HOME to see your Vim home directory

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 26 '14 at 12:00

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Pathogen installs plugins as git submodules. Therefore uninstalling a plugin is removing a git submodule. Taking 'vim-rvm' as example plugin.

git submodule deinit bundle/vim-rvm
git rm bundle/vim-rvm
git rm --cached bundle/vim-rvm
rm -rf .git/modules/bundle/vim-rvm

answered Aug 26 '14 at 12:00

Alain M. Lafon

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This should be the accepted answer. Although, I don't think step #3 (`git rm --cached`) is necessary is it? – jhrr Sep 07 '16 at 10:15

score -4 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 08 '12 at 17:24

-4

Do the reverse of what you did to install it.

answered Dec 08 '12 at 17:24

romainl

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Execute a vimball by typing its name backwards, with your back to the keyboard? ;-) – DevSolar Dec 23 '12 at 02:25

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