The uninstall command uninstalls the product. When you uninstall the product, the uninstaller program removes the core product files and all of the profiles. A silent parameter runs the wizard in silent mode without displaying the graphical user interface.
This topic describes the command-line syntax for the uninstall command. Start the uninstall command module from the command line to uninstall the product.
Before you begin uninstalling the product
Manually stop all servers before uninstalling the product.
See Uninstalling the product for
more information.
See Uninstalling the product on i5/OS for more information.
The command file is in the app_server_root\uninstall directory.
Operating System | WebSphere Application Server | Application Client | IBM HTTP Server | Web Server Plug-ins | Application Server Toolkit | Edge Components | Update Installer (UPDI) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIX | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | N/A | uninstall | uninstall |
HP-UX | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | N/A | uninstall | uninstall |
i5/OS | uninstall | uninstall | N/A | uninstall | N/A | N/A | uninstall |
Linux | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall |
Solaris | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | N/A | uninstall | uninstall |
Windows | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall | uninstall |
The installer is unable to run in graphical mode. Try running the installer with the -console or -silent flag". This issue is specific to using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
For more information, see the documentation about the problems using the graphical installation process.
sptcfg Uninstalling WebSphere Application Server removes all the product libraries and directories.
If you do not specify the option to keep all the profiles when you
invoke the uninstall script, the profiles are removed. If
you later decide that you do not need the profiles, you can manually
remove them.
Uninstalling WebSphere Application
Server from the iSeries server removes all the product libraries and
directories. If you do not specify the option to delete all the profiles
when you invoke the uninstall script, the user-defined information
is not removed. If you later decide that you do not need the user-defined data,
you can manually remove it.
Examine the app_server_root/logs/uninstall/log.txt file.
(date_time), Uninstall, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions. SetExitCodeAction, msg1, CWUPI0000I: EXITCODE=0 (date_time), Uninstall, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions. ISMPLogSuccessMessageAction, msg1, INSTCONFSUCCESS
Verify that there were no file system or other unusual errors while uninstalling. If there are problems, correct them, and uninstall manually before reinstalling the product. See Uninstalling manually.
After uninstalling WebSphere Application Server, delete the installation root directory before reinstalling into the same directory. Deleting the old directory avoids XML configurations that are not valid that result from retaining old files.