Uninstalling the Wazuh central components

You can uninstall all the Wazuh central components using the Wazuh installation assistant.

Run the assistant with the option -u or --uninstall as follows:

$ sudo bash wazuh-install.sh --uninstall

This will remove the Wazuh indexer, the Wazuh server, and the Wazuh dashboard.

If you want to uninstall one specific central component, follow the instructions below.

Note

You need root user privileges to run all the commands described below.

Uninstall the Wazuh dashboard

  1. Remove the Wazuh dashboard installation.

    # yum remove wazuh-dashboard -y
# rm -rf /var/lib/wazuh-dashboard/
# rm -rf /usr/share/wazuh-dashboard/
# rm -rf /etc/wazuh-dashboard/

Uninstall the Wazuh server

  1. Remove the Wazuh manager installation.

    # yum remove wazuh-manager -y
# rm -rf /var/ossec/

  2. Disable the Wazuh manager service.

    # systemctl disable wazuh-manager
# systemctl daemon-reload

  3. Remove the Filebeat installation.

    # yum remove filebeat -y
# rm -rf /var/lib/filebeat/
# rm -rf /usr/share/filebeat/
# rm -rf /etc/filebeat/

Uninstall the Wazuh indexer

  1. Remove the Wazuh indexer installation.

    # yum remove wazuh-indexer -y
# rm -rf /var/lib/wazuh-indexer/
# rm -rf /usr/share/wazuh-indexer/
# rm -rf /etc/wazuh-indexer/