How to disable add-Ins for Revit

Autodesk Support

Apr 15, 2025

Products and versions covered

Issue:

How to disable add-Ins for Revit.

Solution:

Revit 2025.3 and later

  1. Open the Add-ins Manager.
  2. If not using cloud models, click Disable all Add-ins.
  3. If using cloud models, deselect the check mark at the top of the column (to deselect all the items), then recheck the Autodesk Collaborate add-in.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Restart Revit.

Troubleshooting add-ons

See the following article for information on next steps for troubleshooting add-ins: Checking if add-ins are causing unexpected behavior in Revit.

2024 and earlier versions

Third-Party utility for disabling add-ins: 

  • Stantec add-in Manager (Free - Open Source)
    1. Download from Bitbucket here.
    2. Unzip download.
    3. Browse to extracted ...BIN\Debug folder.
    4. Open the AddInManager.exe.
    5. Use “Enable/Disable” button to enable or disable the selected add-ons.
  • DiRoots App Manager (Free)
  • Administrative permissions (right click -> run as administrator) may be needed when using these utilities. Also, if working with cloud models, see the Cloud Models section on add-ins that need to remain loaded!
Manually disable add-ins: If you don't want to load a third party utility to manage add-ins, you can also disable these manually (expand)
  1. Close Revit.
  2. Locate the following folder:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\[Version]
  1. If working with cloud models, see the Cloud Models section on add-ons that need to remain loaded.
  2. Temporarily move the add-on files from the folder to another location.
  3. Start Revit. add-ons will be disabled.
  4. Alternate locations that add-ins could be loaded from:
    1. Add-ins that load into multiple products/versions:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins
    1. Add-ins loaded for only one user (less common):
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\[Version]
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins

Cloud Models 

If working with models stored on the cloud (BIM 360 Document Management or Autodesk Docs), keep the following Revit cloud components in the addins folder (while removing the others):
  • Autodesk.Collaborate.addin
  • ExportViewSelectorApp.addin
  • ExportViewSelectorAddin (Folder)

 Uninstall add-ins

If there are add-ins loaded which you want to uninstall (not disable), the following Microsoft article has information on different options to do this: Uninstall or remove apps and programs in Windows 10

 More Disabling

For information on disabling other items related to Revit, see the following link: How to disable...

Products:

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