# Cannot uninstall X-pack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-uninstall-x-pack/121173>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 23, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-uninstall-x-pack/121173 "2018-02-23T06:18:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-uninstall-x-pack/121173/3 "2018-02-23T08:53:05Z")

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what does

```auto
ls -l /home/suryakumar/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/netty-common-4.1.13.Final.jar

```

return? Can the user you are starting elasticsearch with read the file, are the permissions correct? Who is the user you are starting Elasticsearch with?

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