Temporarily disable Eclipse plugin

Question

Is there a way to disable an Eclipse plugin without actually uninstalling it?

(Eclipse 3.3 had a "disable" button but this is now missing from Eclipse 3.4+.)

You might like to clarify that you are asking about Eclipse 3.4+; Eclipse 3.3 had a "disable" command for each feature. — James, Jun 06 '10 at 21:51
Eclipse 3.3 is 2 years old so I didn't assume people would even consider it. But I'll edit the question... — Borek Bernard, Jun 07 '10 at 07:07

score 134 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 23 '17 at 05:51

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Some plugins allow controlling their load-on-startup behavior. These will be listed in the preferences, under General → Startup and Shutdown. If the plugin provides view, you will need to close those views (in all perspectives) for this to work.

Startup and Shutdown

edited Jul 23 '17 at 05:51

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answered Jun 06 '10 at 04:46

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Image link is broken. – WilQu Apr 29 '16 at 09:12

score 22 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 21 '15 at 05:18

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First enable classic update in preference under :

General > Capabilities, then go to Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration to disable it.

Below two links for your information

This and this link can help you.

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answered May 14 '11 at 12:22

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the links be broke. – enkor Jul 07 '16 at 12:31

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

As mentioned in bug 224145#c34,

I don't see any way to enable stuff except for what is in the p2 UI. And I see no update stuff there at all - not even in the list of things to install.

p2 don't even seem to have enable/disable functionality, only install/uninstall.

In other world, in the P2 universe (since Eclipse 3.4), there doesn't seem to be a "disable" process, and the word was not used in the Ganymede Plan or Galileo Plan.

Temporarily disable Eclipse plugin

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