can’t deactivate and remove W3 Total Cache

Greetings,
I have installed a necessary plugin that has warned against having W3 Total Cache.
I have been unable to deactivate and remove this plugin.
Please advise how to proceed with removing it.
Here are the details:
WordPress version 6.7.2
Active theme: Startinger (version 1.1.7)
Current plugin: W3 Total Cache (version 2.8.5)
PHP version 8.2.27

Error Details
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An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 224 of the file /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Root_Environment.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function W3TC\emtpy() in /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Root_Environment.php:224
Stack trace:
#0 /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Root_AdminActivation.php(147): W3TC\Root_Environment::delete_plugin_data()
#1 /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Root_Loader.php(160): W3TC\Root_AdminActivation::deactivate()
#2 /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): W3TC\Root_Loader->deactivate()
#3 /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#4 /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#5 /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(826): do_action()
#6 /home/u272178176/domains/uruguru.info/public_html/wp-admin/plugins.php(211): deactivate_plugins()
#7 {main}
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