[DOCS] Plugin management docs missing organization-level plugin force-disable mechanism

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Mar 13, 2026 by coygeek Closed Apr 28, 2026

Documentation Type

Missing documentation (feature not documented)

Documentation Location

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces

Section/Topic

Organization plugin management — the mechanism for administrators to force-disable specific installed plugins

Current Documentation

The plugin marketplaces page documents organization-level marketplace restrictions via managed settings:

  • strictKnownMarketplaces — restricts which marketplaces users can access
  • blockedMarketplaces — blocks specific marketplace URLs

These controls operate at the marketplace level (allowing or blocking entire sources), not at the individual plugin level.

What's Wrong or Missing?

Changelog v2.1.75 states: "Fixed managed-disabled plugins showing up in the /plugin Installed tab — plugins force-disabled by your organization are now hidden."

This reveals that organizations have a mechanism to force-disable specific individual plugins (not just restrict marketplace sources). This capability is not documented anywhere:

  • The plugin marketplaces page covers marketplace-level restrictions only
  • The settings page lists managed settings keys but does not include a key for disabling individual plugins
  • No documentation explains how an administrator would mark a specific plugin as force-disabled

Enterprise and Team administrators who need to restrict specific plugins from their organization have no documentation to reference for this capability.

Suggested Improvement

Add a section to the plugin marketplaces page (or the managed settings section of the settings page) documenting:

  1. The managed settings key or mechanism used to force-disable individual plugins
  2. What happens to a force-disabled plugin from the user's perspective (hidden from Installed tab, cannot be re-enabled)
  3. Example configuration showing how an admin would disable a specific plugin

Impact

Medium - Makes feature difficult to understand

Additional Context

Affected Pages:
| Page | Context |
|------|---------|
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces | Marketplace-level restrictions documented, individual plugin disable not covered |
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/settings | Managed settings keys listed, no individual plugin disable key |

Total scope: 2 pages affected

Source: Changelog v2.1.75 — "Fixed managed-disabled plugins showing up in the /plugin Installed tab — plugins force-disabled by your organization are now hidden"

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