Name: how-to-disable-filebot

Last reviewed by: Clipper, April 2026

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How to disable Filebot completely

If you wish to disable Filebot, just follow the steps for your torrent client below.

If you are on Windows, you will need KiTTY or PuTTY to connect via SSH (or the Windows SSH client).

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rTorrent

Connect to your box via SSH:

ssh [email protected]

Navigate to the rTorrent config directory:

cd ~/.config/rtorrent

Open the config file:

nano rtorrent.rc

Scroll to the bottom of the file until you find the Filebot line, as shown below:

Comment it out by adding a # at the beginning of the line:

Press Ctrl+O to save, then Ctrl+X to exit. Restart rTorrent from your dashboard for the change to take effect.

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Deluge

Open your Deluge web interface and go to Preferences → Plugins. Find the Execute plugin and disable it, or remove the Filebot entry from the script list.

Press Apply to save your changes.