# How to remove mods
Don't like a feature or having a mod conflict? Easiest way to resolve it is to disable the mod. For resource pack-related issues, [see this page](https://wiki.download.fo/resource-pack-issues).
Notes:
* You can also delete the mod(s), but that will make it harder to [use them later](https://wiki.download.fo/adding-more-mods), unless you remember the mod's name exactly.
* Don't disable anything that says "API", other mods need it to work.
### Mod Menu
1. With the game open, click `Mods`
2. Scroll down to the specific mod you want to disable, note the third row with the ⚒️ (tools) or ✏️ (pencil) icon
* If the icon is **blue** and the text mentions **"Toggle mod"**, click the config button  and find the setting that disables the mod
* If the icon is **blue and the text says something else**, click the config button  and see if you can disable the specific feature you need
* If the icon is **gray** and there is no config button, or you know you added the mod yourself, follow your launcher-specific instructions below
* If you **don't see any icons** and you didn't add the mod yourself, you don't have the Mod Menu Helper resource pack enabled for some reason.
1. Click `Done` → `Options...` → `Resource Packs...` → `⏵` on "Mod Menu Helper.zip" → `Done` → go to point 1 of this tutorial
### CurseForge App
1. Open CurseForge App
2. Go to `My Modpacks`, click on Fabulously Optimized
3. Click on the three dots, select `Profile Options`
4. Check "Allow content management for this profile", click `Done`
5. Find the mod you need, toggle the knob.
### Modrinth App
1. Open Modrinth App
2. Open `|||\` "Library"
3. Click on Fabulously Optimized
4. If the mod you want to disable is a part of the modpack, click `ஃ Content`
5. Find the mod you need, toggle the knob.
### Prism Launcher
1. Open Prism Launcher
2. Click on Fabulously Optimized, then `Edit`
3. Go to `Mods`
4. Find the mod you need, uncheck the checkbox.
### MultiMC
1. Open MultiMC
2. Click on Fabulously Optimized, then `Edit Instance`
3. Go to `Loader mods`
4. Find the mod you need, uncheck the checkbox.
### MultiMC (auto-update)
{% hint style="info" %}
There is no *easy* way to disable mods because the tool downloads missing mods back on launch. Consider [switching to Prism Launcher instead](https://wiki.download.fo/install-instructions/prism-launcher), which also has a seamless modpack updater.
{% endhint %}
You need to create a custom script to disable mods. See instructions by platform below.
Windows instructions
{% hint style="warning" %}
These instructions are here as-is to be used at your own risk, no support is provided.
{% endhint %}
1. Download the mod disabling scripts:
1. Open MultiMC, right click your instance and click "Instance Folder"
2. Inside the folder, shift-right click and select Open in Terminal (or equivalent PowerShell prompt)
3. Within the terminal, run the following commands to download the files.
```
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized/main/Packwiz/pre-launch.ps1" -OutFile "pre-launch.ps1")
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized/main/Packwiz/post-exit.ps1" -OutFile "post-exit.ps1")
```
If you wish to install them somewhere else, run `cd path\to\folder` (where `path\to\folder` is the path to your folder's location) before running the command above.
2. Select the mods to disable.
1. Copy the name of the mod(s) you want to disable.
2. Open `pre-launch.ps1` with any text editor
3. On line 4, double click `mod1` and paste the name of the mod you previously copied. You can do this on line 5 too! If you want to disable more mods, copy all of line 5, press the `Enter` key at the end of line 5 and hit paste. (Make sure to change the name to match the new mod, though!)
* Mod names may change with modpack updates so you'll need to update them here again.
3. Setup the scripts to run on your MultiMC (auto-update) instance
1. Open MultiMC
2. Click on your instance "Edit Instance"
3. Go to "Settings" and then to "Custom Commands"
4. Remove the pre-launch command and replace it with `powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ..\pre-launch.ps1`
* If you've installed it elsewhere, use `path\to\folder\pre-launch.ps1` (where `path\to\folder` is the path to the folder)
5. Do the same thing for the post-exit command but with `powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ..\post-exit.ps1` this time.
* Or `path\to\folder\post-exit.ps1` (where `path\to\folder` is the path to the folder)
4. That's it! Now, the mods you disabled will not run with the instance nor appear inside Mod Menu!
*Tutorial and scripts are made by* [*Ultrasonic1209*](https://github.com/Ultrasonic1209) *based on* [*Remty5's workaround*](https://github.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized/issues/81)*.*
Linux, macOS instructions
{% hint style="warning" %}
Not fully tested on macOS. These instructions are here as-is to be used at your own risk, no support is provided.
{% endhint %}
1. Open a terminal and run the command below:
* Debian-Ubuntu Linux: `sudo apt-get install jq`
* Fedora Linux: `sudo dnf install jq`
* openSUSE Linux: `sudo zypper install jq`
* Arch Linux: `sudo pacman -S jq --needed`
* Other distros/macOS: [follow this tutorial](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/)
This will install a program called [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/), needed for automatically adapting this script to any Minecraft version you use.
2. Download the mod disabling scripts:
1. Open MultiMC, right click your instance and click "Instance Folder"
2. Inside the folder right click and select "Open Terminal here"
* On macOS, [follow this tutorial](https://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0001060) to get that option
3. Within the terminal, run the following command - this will install the files and make them executable:
```shell
curl -Os https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized/main/Packwiz/pre-launch.sh | curl -Os https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized/main/Packwiz/post-exit.sh && chmod +x pre-launch.sh post-exit.sh
```
If you want to install them somewhere else, run `cd /path/to/folder` (where `/path/to/folder` is the path to your folder's location) before running the command above.
3. Select the mods to disable
1. Copy the name of the mod(s) you want to disable
2. Open `pre-launch.sh` with any text editor
3. Find the line saying "Select the mods you wish to disable:" and below it `mod0=`, `mod1=`, `mod2=`,`mod3=`, `mod4=` and `mod5=`. After `=` place the name of the mods you previously copied, one by one.
* No matter how many mods you disable, **never** remove `mod0=` and `$mod0.jar`.
* Mod names may change with modpack updates so you'll need to update them here again.
4. Setup the scripts to run on your MultiMC (auto-update) instance
1. Open MultiMC
2. Click on your instance "Edit Instance"
3. Go to "Settings" and then to "Custom Commands"
4. Remove the pre-launch command and replace it with `../pre-launch.sh`
* If you've installed it elsewhere, use `/path/to/folder/pre-launch.sh` (where `/path/to/folder` is the path to the folder)
5. Do the same thing for the post-exit command but with `../post-exit.sh` this time.
* Or `path/to/folder/post-exit.sh` (where `/path/to/folder` is the path to the folder)
5. That's it! Now, the mods you disabled will not run with the instance nor appear inside Mod Menu!
*Tutorial and scripts made by* [*RaptaG*](https://github.com/RaptaG) *based on* [*Remty5's workaround*](https://github.com/Fabulously-Optimized/fabulously-optimized/issues/81)*.*
**What if I want to disable more or less than 6 mods?**
* Removing: Just remove the extra rows from the start and end of `pre-launch.sh`, eg. from lines 10 & 11 `mod4=`, `mod5=` and `$mod4.jar\`, `$mod5.jar\` from lines 35 & 36, if you want to have 4 mods disabled.
* Adding: Press `Enter` in the end of line 11 and type `mod6=` for example. Then, in the end of line 36, press again `Enter` and type `$mod6.jar\`. Repeat the same for more mods by just changing the number (`mod6=` to `mod7=` and `$mod6.jar\` to `$mod7.jar\` etc.).
### Minecraft Launcher (vanilla)
1. Open Minecraft Launcher, click on `Installations`
2. Hover on the Fabric installation, click 📂
3. Click `mods`
4. Rename the specific mod from "modname.jar" to "modname.jar.disabled"
* Don't see ".jar" at the end of the name? [See this page for help.](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/show-file-extensions-in-windows)
* Rename ".jar.disabled" back to ".jar" to use the mod again.
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