diff --git a/.github/README.md b/.github/README.md
index 8f3ec47..55c76fc 100644
--- a/.github/README.md
+++ b/.github/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ A fuzzy file finder, picker, sorter, previewer and much more:
 
 ## Plugins list
 
-- Many beautiful themes, theme toggler by our [base46 plugin](https://github.com/NvChad/base46)
 - Inbuilt terminal toggling & management with [Nvterm](https://github.com/NvChad/nvterm)
 - Lightweight & performant ui plugin with [NvChad UI](https://github.com/NvChad/ui) It provides statusline modules, tabufline ( tabs + buffer manager) , beautiful cheatsheets, NvChad updater, hide & unhide terminal buffers, theme switcher and much more!
 - File navigation with [nvim-tree.lua](https://github.com/kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6df115a..4ae672d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ A fuzzy file finder, picker, sorter, previewer and much more:
 
 ## Plugins list
 
-- Many beautiful themes, theme toggler by our [base46 plugin](https://github.com/NvChad/base46)
 - Inbuilt terminal toggling & management with [Nvterm](https://github.com/NvChad/nvterm)
 - Lightweight & performant ui plugin with [NvChad UI](https://github.com/NvChad/ui) It provides statusline modules, tabufline ( tabs + buffer manager) , beautiful cheatsheets, NvChad updater, hide & unhide terminal buffers, theme switcher and much more!
 - File navigation with [nvim-tree.lua](https://github.com/kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua)
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 21f0b6f..64fca35 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
   require("core.bootstrap").lazy(lazypath)
 end
 
-dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "defaults")
 vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 require "plugins"
diff --git a/lua/core/bootstrap.lua b/lua/core/bootstrap.lua
index a5d5c68..0b4ffa3 100644
--- a/lua/core/bootstrap.lua
+++ b/lua/core/bootstrap.lua
@@ -12,16 +12,10 @@ local function shell_call(args)
 end
 
 M.lazy = function(install_path)
-  ------------- base46 ---------------
-  local lazy_path = fn.stdpath "data" .. "/lazy/base46"
 
-  M.echo "  Compiling base46 theme to bytecode ..."
 
-  local base46_repo = "https://github.com/NvChad/base46"
-  shell_call { "git", "clone", "--depth", "1", "-b", "v2.0", base46_repo, lazy_path }
   vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazy_path)
 
-  require("base46").compile()
 
   --------- lazy.nvim ---------------
   M.echo "  Installing lazy.nvim & plugins ..."
@@ -31,9 +25,6 @@ M.lazy = function(install_path)
 
   -- install plugins
   require "plugins"
-
-  -- mason packages & show post_bootstrap screen
-  require "nvchad.post_install"()
 end
 
 M.gen_chadrc_template = function()
diff --git a/lua/core/default_config.lua b/lua/core/default_config.lua
index 639916a..a2722b1 100644
--- a/lua/core/default_config.lua
+++ b/lua/core/default_config.lua
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ M.options = {
 }
 
 M.ui = {
-  ------------------------------- base46 -------------------------------------
   -- hl = highlights
   hl_add = {},
   hl_override = {},
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ M.ui = {
   transparency = false,
   lsp_semantic_tokens = false, -- needs nvim v0.9, just adds highlight groups for lsp semantic tokens
 
-  -- https://github.com/NvChad/base46/tree/v2.0/lua/base46/extended_integrations
   extended_integrations = {}, -- these aren't compiled by default, ex: "alpha", "notify"
 
   -- cmp themeing
diff --git a/lua/core/init.lua b/lua/core/init.lua
index ce8db46..2aaadaa 100644
--- a/lua/core/init.lua
+++ b/lua/core/init.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ local config = require("core.utils").load_config()
 
 -------------------------------------- globals -----------------------------------------
 g.nvchad_theme = config.ui.theme
-g.base46_cache = vim.fn.stdpath "data" .. "/nvchad/base46/"
 g.toggle_theme_icon = "   "
 g.transparency = config.ui.transparency
 
diff --git a/lua/custom/chadrc.lua b/lua/custom/chadrc.lua
index ba6b286..c6a4274 100644
--- a/lua/custom/chadrc.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/chadrc.lua
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ local M = {}
 local highlights = require "custom.highlights"
 
 M.ui = {
-  theme = "oceanic-next",
-  theme_toggle = { "oceanic-next", "ayu_light" },
+  theme = "bearded-arc",
+  theme_toggle = { "bearded-arc", "ayu_light" },
 
   hl_override = highlights.override,
   hl_add = highlights.add,
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ local get_info = function()
       "  Toggle Theme",
       "<space>th",
       function()
-        require("base46").toggle_theme()
       end,
     },
     { "  Mappings", "<space>ch", "NvCheatsheet" },
diff --git a/lua/custom/mappings.lua b/lua/custom/mappings.lua
index 9d35e04..60350e2 100644
--- a/lua/custom/mappings.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/mappings.lua
@@ -489,13 +489,11 @@ M.ui = {
     },
     ["<leader>th"] = {
       function()
-        require("base46").toggle_theme()
       end,
       "toggle theme",
     },
     ["<leader>te"] = {
       function()
-        require("base46").toggle_transparency()
       end,
       "toggle transparency",
     },
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins.lua b/lua/custom/plugins.lua
index 46fa878..c1bc06e 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins.lua
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ local plugins = {
   },
   {
     "NvChad/ui",
-    enabled = true,
+    enabled = false,
     branch = "v2.0",
     lazy = false,
   },
@@ -949,7 +949,6 @@ local plugins = {
     lazy = false,
     dependencies = {
       "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
-      "NvChad/ui", -- load after nvchad ui
     },
     config = function()
       -- TODO: add lsp module for lualine
diff --git a/lua/plugins/configs/cmp.lua b/lua/plugins/configs/cmp.lua
index 444da73..d99f594 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/configs/cmp.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/configs/cmp.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 local cmp = require "cmp"
 
-dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "cmp")
 
 local cmp_ui = require("core.utils").load_config().ui.cmp
 local cmp_style = cmp_ui.style
diff --git a/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua b/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua
index f824aa0..dbbeae3 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "lsp")
 require "nvchad.lsp"
 
 local M = {}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/configs/telescope.lua b/lua/plugins/configs/telescope.lua
index 784fb19..ffbb506 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/configs/telescope.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/configs/telescope.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ local options = {
     },
   },
 
-  extensions_list = { "themes", "terms" },
+  extensions_list = {  },
 }
 
 return options
diff --git a/lua/plugins/init.lua b/lua/plugins/init.lua
index 8f458ec..79b32a4 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/init.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/init.lua
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ local default_plugins = {
 
   {
     "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
-    opts = function()
-      return { override = require "nvchad.icons.devicons" }
-    end,
     config = function(_, opts)
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "devicons")
       require("nvim-web-devicons").setup(opts)
     end,
   },
@@ -40,7 +36,6 @@ local default_plugins = {
     end,
     config = function(_, opts)
       require("core.utils").load_mappings "blankline"
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "blankline")
       require("indent_blankline").setup(opts)
     end,
   },
@@ -56,7 +51,6 @@ local default_plugins = {
       return require "plugins.configs.treesitter"
     end,
     config = function(_, opts)
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "syntax")
       require("nvim-treesitter.configs").setup(opts)
     end,
   },
@@ -89,7 +83,6 @@ local default_plugins = {
       return require("plugins.configs.others").gitsigns
     end,
     config = function(_, opts)
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "git")
       require("gitsigns").setup(opts)
     end,
   },
@@ -102,7 +95,6 @@ local default_plugins = {
       return require "plugins.configs.mason"
     end,
     config = function(_, opts)
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "mason")
       require("mason").setup(opts)
 
       -- custom nvchad cmd to install all mason binaries listed
@@ -203,7 +195,6 @@ local default_plugins = {
       return require "plugins.configs.nvimtree"
     end,
     config = function(_, opts)
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "nvimtree")
       require("nvim-tree").setup(opts)
     end,
   },
@@ -219,7 +210,6 @@ local default_plugins = {
       return require "plugins.configs.telescope"
     end,
     config = function(_, opts)
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "telescope")
       local telescope = require "telescope"
       telescope.setup(opts)
 
@@ -239,7 +229,6 @@ local default_plugins = {
     end,
     cmd = "WhichKey",
     config = function(_, opts)
-      dofile(vim.g.base46_cache .. "whichkey")
       require("which-key").setup(opts)
     end,
   },