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

Root user privileges are required to execute all the commands described below.

Uninstall the Wazuh dashboard

  1. Remove the Wazuh dashboard installation.

    Yum

    APT

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

    # apt-get remove --purge wazuh-dashboard -y

Uninstall the Wazuh server

  1. Remove the Wazuh manager installation.

    Yum

    APT

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

    # apt-get remove --purge wazuh-manager -y

  2. Disable the Wazuh manager service.

    Systemd

    SysV Init

    # systemctl disable wazuh-manager
# systemctl daemon-reload

    Choose one option according to your operating system.

    1. RPM based operating systems:

    # chkconfig wazuh-manager off
# chkconfig --del wazuh-manager

    1. Debian based operating systems:

    # update-rc.d -f wazuh-manager remove

  3. Remove the Filebeat installation.

    Yum

    APT

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

    # apt-get remove --purge filebeat -y

Uninstall the Wazuh indexer

  1. Remove the Wazuh indexer installation.

    Yum

    APT

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

    # apt-get remove --purge wazuh-indexer -y