How to disable Jenkins plugin through commandline

This article explains the steps to disable Jenkins plugin through commandline.

Step1: Login to the Jenkins server via SSH as jenkins user.

Step2: Create a file in plugins folder as follows.

#touch plugins/NAME.jpi.disabled

Where NAME should replaced with the the name of the plugin that need to be disabled.

Now the plugin will be in disabled state.

Note that this plugin can be enabled back at any time by removing the file that created in the above step.

That's all…