[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20578: Allow users to delete a plugin without uninstalling

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#20578: Allow users to delete a plugin without uninstalling
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 Reporter:  scribu                               |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Plugins                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback ui-feedback has-patch    |     Focuses:  ui
  has-screenshots                                |
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Comment (by obenland):

 How many of our users will know the difference between only deleting files
 and deleting files and data? How many of them will be even more confused
 by that option?

 I find the case where you would want to hang on to data but delete plugin
 files to be an extreme edge case from a user's POV. Even the example
 provided here as to why this would be a worthwhile change cites a dev
 scenario.

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