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| <H1>Enabling, disabling, and uninstalling features with the update manager</H1> |
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| <p>You can browse and manage your configuration from the <b>Product Configuration</b> dialog. |
| Open the <b>Product Configuration</b> dialog by clicking |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.update.manageConfiguration")'> |
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| <b>Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration</b></a>. |
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| <li><b>Disabling a feature</b>: select the feature and click <b>Disable</b> |
| in the right pane of the dialog. This option is available only when the feature is |
| currently enabled, and the feature is either an optional feature or a root feature |
| (not included by other features).</li> |
| <li><b>Enabling a feature</b>: First, ensure <b>Show Disabled Features</b> |
| is turned on in the tool bar. Then, select a disabled optional or root feature and click |
| <b>Enable</b> in the right pane of the dialog.</li> |
| <li><b>Uninstalling a feature</b>: features that you have installed using |
| the update manager can be uninstalled, provided they are already disabled, or that they |
| are optional or root features. If the feature is disabled, make sure |
| <b>Show Disabled Features</b> is turned on in the tool bar. Select the feature |
| and click <b>Uninstall</b> in the right page of the dialog.</li> |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" ><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a> |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="tasks-32.htm">Using the classic update manager</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-34.htm">Installing new features with the update manager</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-36.htm">Updating features with the update manager</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-37.htm">Controlling the Eclipse update policy</a> |
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