This plugin cannot be uninstalled - clicking the "remove" button in the UI does nothing to remove it - it says "pending" but after a restart the plugin is still there and active.
The plugin can be deactivated, but this does not prevent the notifications of an "update" from being shown.
If physically removing the files, they are downloaded on the next Jenkins restart. How do I get rid of a plugin I do not need (and which I never installed)?
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JENKINS-69186 Plugin Oracle Java SE Development Kit Installer cannot be uninstalled
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JENKINS-69487 It's pointless to uninstall implied dependencies
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Jenkins installs bundled plugins that are an implicit dependency of other plugins on startup to prevent plugin loading errors when an incompletely specified set of plugins (e.g. "plugins.txt" from the Docker images) was installed. So two areas (plugin uninstallation, startup) each behave reasonably, but in combination make no sense.
I expect you have one or more plugins listed under "Implied" installed: https://plugins.jenkins.io/javax-mail-api/dependencies/
Does Jenkins warn about some plugins that may need this one when hovering the disable control?