# Removing a plugin

Installing plugin in Capacitor is a little different from Cordova. Since Cordova considers the platform code as build time asset, it compiles the platform every time a build is made.

Capacitor works differently. It compiles the platforms once, and further changes can be simply copied into the platforms using `npx cap sync` 

Plugins are installed as `npm` or `yarn` package in Capacitor. Hence, to remove them, 

* You will have to remove the package from `package.json` and also remove it from `node_modules` using `npm uninstall <packageName>`
* In case the package has already been copied to platforms, you will have to "undo" all the steps you did when attaching those packages / plugins to the platforms. \
  E.g. When implementing Facebook Login in Capacitor, as detailed in our [tutorial here](https://enappd.com/blog/facebook-login-in-ionic-react-capacitor-apps/118), You need to make few modifications in Android project using Android Studio

There are changes done in  `android/app/src/main/java/**/**/MainActivity.java`, `android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml` and `android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml` . All these changes need to be undone to remove all traces of the package from the project.

Check the details in our detailed [tutorial here](https://enappd.com/blog/facebook-login-in-ionic-react-capacitor-apps/118) for Facebook Login Plugin.  A similar process will be needed for other plugins as well.