Uninstaller options

You can use these command line options to change the uninstaller's behavior.

• -p: Purge additional files. In addition to the software, users, logs, cron jobs, and caches, the uninstaller also removes all configuration files, modules, manifests, certificates, the home directories of any users created by the installer, and the Puppet public GPG key used for package verification.
• -d: Remove any databases created during installation.
• -h: Display a help message.
• -n: Run in noop mode and show commands that would have run during uninstallation without actually running them.
• -y: Don't ask to confirm uninstallation. Assuming the answer is yes.

To remove every trace of PE from a system, which is required if you want to reinstall PE on the same system, run this command:

sudo ./puppet-enterprise-uninstaller -d -p

For Windows systems, open an administrator command prompt and run the command without sudo.

Related information

• Using example commands