diff --git a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginManager.tsx b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginManager.tsx
index f990ae66e..81b45b1c5 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginManager.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/pluginManager.tsx
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@
 
 import {Store} from '../reducers/index';
 import {Logger} from '../fb-interfaces/Logger';
-import {registerInstalledPlugins} from '../reducers/pluginManager';
+import {
+  pluginFilesRemoved,
+  registerInstalledPlugins,
+} from '../reducers/pluginManager';
 import {
   getInstalledPlugins,
   cleanupOldInstalledPluginVersions,
+  removePlugin,
 } from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
+import {sideEffect} from '../utils/sideEffect';
+import pMap from 'p-map';
 
 const maxInstalledPluginVersionsToKeep = 2;
 
@@ -28,4 +34,26 @@ export default (store: Store, _logger: Logger) => {
   window.requestIdleCallback(() => {
     refreshInstalledPlugins(store);
   });
+
+  sideEffect(
+    store,
+    {
+      name: 'removeUninstalledPluginFiles',
+      throttleMs: 1000,
+      fireImmediately: true,
+    },
+    (state) => state.pluginManager.removedPlugins,
+    (removedPlugins) => {
+      pMap(removedPlugins, (p) => {
+        removePlugin(p.name)
+          .then(() => pluginFilesRemoved(p))
+          .catch((e) =>
+            console.error(
+              `Error while removing files of uninstalled plugin ${p.title}`,
+              e,
+            ),
+          );
+      }).then(() => refreshInstalledPlugins(store));
+    },
+  );
 };
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/plugins/TableNativePlugin.tsx b/desktop/app/src/plugins/TableNativePlugin.tsx
index c05cbf851..1ac9d0d73 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/plugins/TableNativePlugin.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/plugins/TableNativePlugin.tsx
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export default function createTableNativePlugin(id: string, title: string) {
       source: '',
       main: '',
       entry: '',
-      isDefault: false,
+      isDefault: true,
     };
 
     static defaultPersistedState: PersistedState = {
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/reducers/__tests__/pluginManager.node.tsx b/desktop/app/src/reducers/__tests__/pluginManager.node.tsx
index 3548a5171..4b0d3e950 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/reducers/__tests__/pluginManager.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/reducers/__tests__/pluginManager.node.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {PluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
 
 test('reduce empty registerInstalledPlugins', () => {
   const result = reducer(undefined, registerInstalledPlugins([]));
-  expect(result).toEqual({installedPlugins: []});
+  expect(result).toEqual({installedPlugins: [], removedPlugins: []});
 });
 
 const EXAMPLE_PLUGIN = {
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ test('reduce registerInstalledPlugins, clear again', () => {
   const result = reducer(undefined, registerInstalledPlugins([EXAMPLE_PLUGIN]));
   expect(result).toEqual({
     installedPlugins: [EXAMPLE_PLUGIN],
+    removedPlugins: [],
   });
 
   const result2 = reducer(result, registerInstalledPlugins([]));
-  expect(result2).toEqual({installedPlugins: []});
+  expect(result2).toEqual({installedPlugins: [], removedPlugins: []});
 });
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/reducers/pluginManager.tsx b/desktop/app/src/reducers/pluginManager.tsx
index b755e0a8f..d46ceb85b 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/reducers/pluginManager.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/reducers/pluginManager.tsx
@@ -9,18 +9,33 @@
 
 import {Actions} from './';
 import {PluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
+import {produce} from 'immer';
+import {PluginDefinition} from '../plugin';
 
 export type State = {
   installedPlugins: PluginDetails[];
+  removedPlugins: PluginDetails[];
 };
 
-export type Action = {
-  type: 'REGISTER_INSTALLED_PLUGINS';
-  payload: PluginDetails[];
-};
+export type Action =
+  | {
+      type: 'REGISTER_INSTALLED_PLUGINS';
+      payload: PluginDetails[];
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'PLUGIN_FILES_REMOVED';
+      payload: PluginDetails;
+    }
+  | {
+      // Implemented by rootReducer in `store.tsx`
+      type: 'UNINSTALL_PLUGIN';
+      payload: PluginDefinition;
+    };
 
 const INITIAL_STATE: State = {
   installedPlugins: [],
+  // plugins which were uninstalled recently and require file cleanup
+  removedPlugins: [],
 };
 
 export default function reducer(
@@ -32,6 +47,13 @@ export default function reducer(
       ...state,
       installedPlugins: action.payload,
     };
+  } else if (action.type === 'PLUGIN_FILES_REMOVED') {
+    const plugin = action.payload;
+    return produce(state, (draft) => {
+      draft.removedPlugins = draft.removedPlugins.filter(
+        (p) => p.id === plugin.id,
+      );
+    });
   } else {
     return state;
   }
@@ -41,3 +63,13 @@ export const registerInstalledPlugins = (payload: PluginDetails[]): Action => ({
   type: 'REGISTER_INSTALLED_PLUGINS',
   payload,
 });
+
+export const pluginFilesRemoved = (payload: PluginDetails): Action => ({
+  type: 'PLUGIN_FILES_REMOVED',
+  payload,
+});
+
+export const uninstallPlugin = (payload: PluginDefinition): Action => ({
+  type: 'UNINSTALL_PLUGIN',
+  payload,
+});
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/appinspect/PluginList.tsx b/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/appinspect/PluginList.tsx
index 532ddb00b..69927bd1c 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/appinspect/PluginList.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/appinspect/PluginList.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import React, {memo, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 import {Badge, Button, Menu, Tooltip, Typography} from 'antd';
 import {InfoIcon, SidebarTitle} from '../LeftSidebar';
-import {PlusOutlined, MinusOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
+import {PlusOutlined, MinusOutlined, DeleteOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
 import {Glyph, Layout, styled} from '../../ui';
 import {theme, NUX, Tracked} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import {useDispatch, useStore} from '../../utils/useStore';
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {useMemoize} from '../../utils/useMemoize';
 import MetroDevice from '../../devices/MetroDevice';
 import {DownloadablePluginDetails} from 'plugin-lib/lib';
 import {startPluginDownload} from '../../reducers/pluginDownloads';
+import {uninstallPlugin} from '../../reducers/pluginManager';
 
 const {SubMenu} = Menu;
 const {Text} = Typography;
@@ -108,6 +109,13 @@ export const PluginList = memo(function PluginList({
     },
     [uninstalledPlugins, dispatch],
   );
+  const handleUninstallPlugin = useCallback(
+    (id: string) => {
+      const plugin = disabledPlugins.find((p) => p.id === id)!;
+      dispatch(uninstallPlugin(plugin));
+    },
+    [disabledPlugins, dispatch],
+  );
   return (
     <Layout.Container>
       <SidebarTitle>Plugins</SidebarTitle>
@@ -194,12 +202,29 @@ export const PluginList = memo(function PluginList({
                   scrollTo={plugin.id === connections.selectedPlugin}
                   tooltip={getPluginTooltip(plugin.details)}
                   actions={
-                    <ActionButton
-                      id={plugin.id}
-                      title="Enable plugin"
-                      onClick={handleStarPlugin}
-                      icon={<PlusOutlined size={16} style={{marginRight: 0}} />}
-                    />
+                    <>
+                      {!plugin.details.isDefault && (
+                        <ActionButton
+                          id={plugin.id}
+                          title="Uninstall plugin"
+                          onClick={handleUninstallPlugin}
+                          icon={
+                            <DeleteOutlined
+                              size={16}
+                              style={{marginRight: 0}}
+                            />
+                          }
+                        />
+                      )}
+                      <ActionButton
+                        id={plugin.id}
+                        title="Enable plugin"
+                        onClick={handleStarPlugin}
+                        icon={
+                          <PlusOutlined size={16} style={{marginRight: 0}} />
+                        }
+                      />
+                    </>
                   }
                   disabled
                 />
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/store.tsx b/desktop/app/src/store.tsx
index cf1f67e35..542d66de5 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/store.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/store.tsx
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ export function rootReducer(
     } else {
       return updateClientPlugin(state, plugin, enablePlugin);
     }
+  } else if (action.type === 'UNINSTALL_PLUGIN' && state) {
+    const plugin = action.payload;
+    return uninstallPlugin(state, plugin);
   }
 
   // otherwise
@@ -173,6 +176,24 @@ function updateClientPlugin(
   });
 }
 
+function uninstallPlugin(state: StoreState, plugin: PluginDefinition) {
+  const clients = state.connections.clients;
+  return produce(state, (draft) => {
+    clients.forEach((client) => {
+      stopPlugin(client, plugin.id);
+      const pluginKey = getPluginKey(
+        client.id,
+        {serial: client.query.device_id},
+        plugin.id,
+      );
+      delete draft.pluginMessageQueue[pluginKey];
+    });
+    cleanupPluginStates(draft.pluginStates, plugin.id);
+    draft.plugins.clientPlugins.delete(plugin.id);
+    draft.pluginManager.removedPlugins.push(plugin.details);
+  });
+}
+
 function updateDevicePlugin(state: StoreState, plugin: DevicePluginDefinition) {
   const devices = state.connections.devices;
   return produce(state, (draft) => {
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/src/pluginInstaller.ts b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/pluginInstaller.ts
index 955db347d..31d76f0b1 100644
--- a/desktop/plugin-lib/src/pluginInstaller.ts
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/pluginInstaller.ts
@@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ export async function getInstalledPlugins(): Promise<PluginDetails[]> {
     versionDirs
       .filter(([_, versionDirs]) => versionDirs.length > 0)
       .map(([_, versionDirs]) => versionDirs[0]),
-    (latestVersionDir) => getPluginDetailsFromDir(latestVersionDir),
-  );
+    (latestVersionDir) =>
+      getPluginDetailsFromDir(latestVersionDir).catch((err) => {
+        console.error(`Failed to load plugin from ${latestVersionDir}`, err);
+        return null;
+      }),
+  ).then((plugins) => plugins.filter(notNull));
 }
 
 export async function cleanupOldInstalledPluginVersions(
@@ -172,11 +176,20 @@ export async function moveInstalledPluginsFromLegacyDir() {
           fs
             .lstat(dir)
             .then((lstat) => lstat.isDirectory())
-            .catch(() => Promise.resolve(false)),
+            .catch(() => false),
         ),
       )
       .then((dirs) =>
-        pmap(dirs, (dir) => getPluginDetailsFromDir(dir).catch(() => null)),
+        pmap(dirs, (dir) =>
+          getPluginDetailsFromDir(dir).catch(async (err) => {
+            console.error(
+              `Failed to load plugin from ${dir} on moving legacy plugins. Removing it.`,
+              err,
+            );
+            fs.remove(dir);
+            return null;
+          }),
+        ),
       )
       .then((plugins) =>
         pmap(plugins.filter(notNull), (plugin) =>