How to disable a single plugin in IntelliJ IDE before starting it

Question

How to disable a plugin that might lead to a crash of an IDE preventing it from start?

Answer

The fastest option is to disable all downloaded plugins: How to disable all third-party (downloaded) plugins in IntelliJ IDEs

To disable a specific plugin

1. Find the plugin ID

• Go to JetBrains Marketplace
• Search for your plugin name
• Scroll down to the Additional information section, check "Plugin id":

2. Open the IDE config folder
3. In this folder, create a file disabled_plugins.txt
4. Paste the plugin ID, found in Step 1.
5. Start IDE again