topic Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10 in Splunk Enterprise

Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10

wberkowicz — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:21:51 GMT

Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10. I get a message from the uninstall process to "Insert the 'Splunk Enterprise' disk and click OK."

The issue is I don't have a "Splunk Enterprise" disk. Nor is there an msi file to use.

Please advise.

Re: Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10

Richfez — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:06:26 GMT

Maybe just try to upgrade it to the oldest 8.x version you can get on the downloads page, then uninstall it after that?

Re: Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10

wberkowicz — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:02:52 GMT

I tried several different prior versions. Splunk only accepts the single msi that was used to install and that is not available: splunk-7.0.1-2b5b15c4ee89-x64-release.msi

I will need to manually start surgical removal of the prior version.

Definitely a negative when trying Splunk.

Re: Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10

SanjayReddy — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:25:52 GMT

Hi @wberkowicz

Can you try with powershell with refernece to following post.

https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Handy-commands-for-uninstalling-SplunkUniversalForwarder-from/m-p/542627

Re: Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10

wberkowicz — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:02:32 GMT

Ultimately, it was time for a new machine.

Upshot: Not installing Splunk on the new machine to avoid this from happening again.

Re: Trying to uninstall Splunk Enterprise 7.0.1.0 from Windows 10

PickleRick — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:40:35 GMT

This is actually a MSI quirk. I've seen it happen with various softwares over last 20+ years. And yes, it's frustrating.