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matlab.addons.disableAddon

Disable installed add-on

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Syntax

matlab.addons.disableAddon(name)
matlab.addons.disableAddon(identifier)
matlab.addons.disableAddon(___,version)

Description

matlab.addons.disableAddon(name) disables the installed add-on with the specified name. If multiple versions of an add-on are installed, matlab.addons.disableAddon disables the currently enabled version. If matlab.addons.disableAddon is unable to find the specified add-on, it displays an error.

You can disable and enable most add-ons from the MATLAB® user community. Disabling and enabling MathWorks® products and support packages is not supported.

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matlab.addons.disableAddon(identifier) disables the installed add-on with the specified identifier.

matlab.addons.disableAddon(___,version) also specifies the version of the add-on to disable. Use this syntax with any of the arguments in previous syntaxes.

Examples

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Suppose that you have an add-on called Random File Name Creator installed on your system. Get the list of installed add-ons and disable the Random File Name Creator add-on.

Get the list of installed add-ons.

addons = matlab.addons.installedAddons
 addons =

  1×4 table

             Name                   Version     Enabled                  Identifier              
    ___________________________    _________    _______    ______________________________________

    "Random File Name Creator"     "1.0"         true      "75442144-f751-4011-bf0e-32b6fb2f1433"

Disable Random File Name Creator and confirm that it is disabled.

matlab.addons.disableAddon('Random File Name Creator')
matlab.addons.isAddonEnabled('Random File Name Creator')
ans =

  logical

   0

Input Arguments

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Name of the add-on that you want to disable, specified as a character vector or string. To determine the name of an add-on, use the matlab.addons.installedAddons function.

Unique identifier of the add-on that you want to disable, specified as a character vector or string. To determine the unique identifier of an add-on, use the matlab.addons.installedAddons function.

Version of the add-on that you want to disable, specified as a character vector or string. To determine the version of an add-on, use the matlab.addons.installedAddons function.

Version History

Introduced in R2017b

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