diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepository.kt
index ee497b0106..c3cf94231a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepository.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ interface TemplateRepository {
 	/** Moves [item]'s file from Downloads into the templates directory and reloads templates. */
 	suspend fun installTemplate(item: CgtFileItem): Result<Unit>
 
-	/** Restores a copy of [item]'s file to Downloads, removes it from the templates directory, and reloads templates. */
+	/**
+	 * Removes [item] from the templates directory and reloads templates. A user-imported item is
+	 * restored to Downloads first; a plugin-provided item is just deleted, since it never came
+	 * from Downloads in the first place.
+	 */
 	suspend fun uninstallTemplate(item: CgtFileItem): Result<Unit>
 
 	/** Deletes a not-installed [item]'s file from Downloads. */
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImpl.kt
index 21662008d1..fa08c4cd6d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImpl.kt
@@ -143,6 +143,20 @@ class TemplateRepositoryImpl(
 				check(item.installed) { "'${item.name}' is not installed" }
 				check(item.provenance != TemplateProvenance.BUNDLED) { "Cannot uninstall the bundled template" }
 
+				if (item.provenance == TemplateProvenance.PLUGIN) {
+					// Plugin templates are extracted straight from the plugin's own bundled
+					// resources (PluginProjectManager.extractBundledCgtTemplates) - they never
+					// passed through Downloads, so there's nothing to restore there and no
+					// collision to check. Uninstalling one just deletes the extracted copy,
+					// matching how PluginProjectManager/IdeTemplateServiceImpl already remove
+					// these elsewhere (cleanupPluginTemplates/unregisterTemplate).
+					if (!item.file.delete()) {
+						throw IOException("Failed to delete ${item.file.absolutePath}")
+					}
+					ITemplateProvider.getInstance(reload = true)
+					return@withContext Result.success(Unit)
+				}
+
 				// Restore a copy to Downloads BEFORE removing it from the store: if the restore
 				// throws, the store copy below is never touched, so the user's only copy survives.
 				val restored = File(downloadDir, item.file.name)
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImplTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImplTest.kt
index c1c0048630..3fb13d84c8 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImplTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/repositories/TemplateRepositoryImplTest.kt
@@ -111,6 +111,35 @@ class TemplateRepositoryImplTest {
 			assertThat(existingDownload.readText()).isEqualTo("already in downloads")
 		}
 
+	@Test
+	fun uninstallTemplate_pluginProvenance_neverChecksOrTouchesDownloads() =
+		runTest {
+			val source = File(templatesDir, "plugin_flutter_activity.cgt").apply { writeText("installed") }
+			val pluginItem =
+				CgtFileItem(
+					file = source,
+					name = source.name,
+					templates = listOf(TemplateMetadata("T", "d", "1.0")),
+					installed = true,
+					provenance = TemplateProvenance.PLUGIN,
+				)
+			// A same-named file already sitting in Downloads must not trip a collision check for
+			// a plugin-provided template (ADFA-5444): it never came from Downloads, so there's
+			// nothing to restore there. templatesDir is made read-only so the only way to reach
+			// this specific IOException is the plugin branch's own delete - the old
+			// restore-to-Downloads path would instead fail earlier with an IllegalStateException
+			// from the (wrongly reached) "already exists" check.
+			val existingDownload = File(downloadDir, "plugin_flutter_activity.cgt").apply { writeText("unrelated") }
+			check(templatesDir.setWritable(false)) { "test setup: could not make templatesDir read-only" }
+
+			val result = repository.uninstallTemplate(pluginItem)
+
+			assertThat(result.isFailure).isTrue()
+			assertThat(result.exceptionOrNull()).isInstanceOf(IOException::class.java)
+			assertThat(source.exists()).isTrue()
+			assertThat(existingDownload.readText()).isEqualTo("unrelated")
+		}
+
 	@Test
 	fun uninstallTemplate_deleteFails_rollsBackAndLeavesExactlyOneCopy() =
 		runTest {