Before using the rabbitmq-plugins command with the disable option to disable a plugin, you will probably want to use the rabbitmq-plugins list or rabbitmqctl status command to list the enabled plugins.

]# rabbitmq-plugins list
 Configured: E = explicitly enabled; e = implicitly enabled
 | Status:   * = running on rabbit@server001
 |/
[E*] accept                            0.3.3
[e*] amqp_client                       3.6.10
[e*] cowboy                            1.0.4
[e*] cowlib                            1.0.2
[e*] prometheus                        3.4.3
[E*] prometheus_httpd                  2.1.8
[E*] prometheus_process_collector      1.3.0
[E*] prometheus_rabbitmq_exporter      v3.6.14.1
[  ] rabbitmq_amqp1_0                  3.6.10
[E*] rabbitmq_auth_backend_ldap        3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl       3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_consistent_hash_exchange 3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_event_exchange           3.6.10
[e*] rabbitmq_federation               3.6.10
[E*] rabbitmq_federation_management    3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange       3.6.10
[E*] rabbitmq_management               3.6.10
[e*] rabbitmq_management_agent         3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_management_visualiser    3.6.10
[E*] rabbitmq_message_timestamp        20171215-3.6.x
[  ] rabbitmq_mqtt                     3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_recent_history_exchange  3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_sharding                 3.6.10
[E*] rabbitmq_shovel                   3.6.10
[E*] rabbitmq_shovel_management        3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_stomp                    3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_top                      3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_tracing                  3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_trust_store              3.6.10
[e*] rabbitmq_web_dispatch             3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_web_mqtt                 3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_web_mqtt_examples        3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_web_stomp                3.6.10
[  ] rabbitmq_web_stomp_examples       3.6.10
[  ] sockjs                            0.3.4

The rabbitmq-plugins command with the disable option can be used to enable a plugin. In this example, the rabbitmq_shovel plugin will be disabled.

~]# rabbitmq-plugins disable rabbitmq_shovel
Disabling plugins on node rabbit@server1:
rabbitmq_shovel
The following plugins have been configured:
  rabbitmq_auth_backend_ldap
  rabbitmq_management
  rabbitmq_management_agent
  rabbitmq_message_timestamp
  rabbitmq_prometheus
  rabbitmq_web_dispatch
Applying plugin configuration to rabbit@server1...
The following plugins have been disabled:
  rabbitmq_shovel
  rabbitmq_shovel_management