diff --git a/config/lua/izvim/config/disable.lua b/config/lua/izvim/config/disable.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a347360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/lua/izvim/config/disable.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- by default unload all vim plugins
+local loaded_plugins = {
+  "zipPlugin",
+  "zip",
+  "tarPlugin",
+  "tar",
+  "gzip",
+  "tutor_mode_plugin",
+  "matchit",
+}
+vim.iter(ipairs(loaded_plugins)):each(function(_, k)
+  vim.g["loaded_" .. k] = 1
+end)
diff --git a/config/lua/izvim/init.lua b/config/lua/izvim/init.lua
index dbb0439..fa8068b 100644
--- a/config/lua/izvim/init.lua
+++ b/config/lua/izvim/init.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require("izvim.config.disable")
+
 require("izvim.config.autocmds")
 require("izvim.config.ft")
 require("izvim.config.keybinds")