diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/vertical-icons.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/vertical-icons.js
index cd86b1d796..86cedb0014 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/vertical-icons.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/components/vertical-icons.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export class VerticalIcons extends Plugin {
   unlinkContent (profile) {
     this.targetProfileForRemoval = profile
     this.removeIcon(profile)
+    this.renderComponent()
   }
 
   listenOnStatus (profile) {
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/vertical-icons-panel/src/lib/remix-ui-vertical-icons-panel.tsx b/libs/remix-ui/vertical-icons-panel/src/lib/remix-ui-vertical-icons-panel.tsx
index 17e2ea7614..0436175a8e 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/vertical-icons-panel/src/lib/remix-ui-vertical-icons-panel.tsx
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/vertical-icons-panel/src/lib/remix-ui-vertical-icons-panel.tsx
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ export interface RemixUiVerticalIconsPanelProps {
   verticalIconsPlugin: VerticalIcons
 }
 
-let scrollHeight: any
-
 const initialState = {
   scrollHeight: 0,
   clientHeight: 0,
@@ -52,6 +50,12 @@ export function RemixUiVerticalIconsPanel ({
     }
   })
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    addEventListener('pluginDisabled', (evt: any) => {
+      console.log('plugin disabled and it should have a payload ', { evt })
+    })
+  }, [Object.keys(verticalIconsPlugin.targetProfileForChange).length])
+
   function onThemeChanged (themeType: any) {
     const invert = themeType === 'dark' ? 1 : 0
     // @ts-ignore