Commands to uninstall Installation Manager

Use this reference table to learn more about the commands to uninstall Installation Manager.The uninstall commands are in the \\agent_data_directory\uninstall directory. For the default locations for the agent data directory, see the following table.

If we did not use a default location for the agent data directory, see Agent data location.

Operating system Administrator installation Nonadministrator installation Group installation
Windows C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Installation Manager Not available.
UNIX /var/ibm/InstallationManager /user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager /user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager_Group
IBM i /QIBM/UserData /InstallationManager /user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager Not available.
IBM z/OS /InstallationManager/appdata /user_home/InstallationManager/appdata /InstallationManager/appdata
OS X /Applications/IBM/Installation Manager /Users/user_home/var/IBM/Installation Manager /Users/user_home/var/IBM/InstallationManager_Group


Goal for uninstalling Installation Manager Windows commands Linux,UNIX, and the OS X commands IBM i and IBM z/OS commands
An administrator for the operating system uninstalls Installation Manager for all users. uninstall.exe

or

uninstallc.exe to uninstall silently		 #uninstall

or

#uninstallc to uninstall silently

 #uninstallc to uninstall silently
A nonadministrator for the operating system uninstalls Installation Manager for all users. Windows: uninstall.exe

or

uninstallc.exe to uninstall silently

You are prompted to enter an administrator user ID and password.

 $sudo uninstall

or

$sudo uninstallc to uninstall silently

 #uninstallc to uninstall silently
Uninstalls Installation Manager for all users in group mode. Not available. #uninstall

or

#uninstallc to uninstall silently

 #uninstallc to uninstall silently

Group mode is not supported on IBM i.
An administrator for the operating system uninstalls Installation Manager for only the current user. userinst.exe

or

userinstc.exe to uninstall silently		 #uninstall

or

#uninstallc to uninstall silently

 #uninstallc to uninstall silently
A nonadministrator for the operating system uninstalls Installation Manager for only the current user. userinst.exe

or

userinstc.exe to uninstall silently		 $uninstall

or

#uninstallc to uninstall silently

 #uninstallc to uninstall silently

For information about silent installation command arguments, see Installation Manager command-line arguments for silent mode.

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