https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-uninstall-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-from-Linux/m-p/245543#M47448 <P>I have installed the universal forwarder on a linux machine. How can I uninstall it? <BR /> I install the forwarder just by using <CODE>tar</CODE> and <CODE>splunk install app...</CODE>. </P> <P>I saw this <A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/139078/uninstall-splunk-on-linux.html?utm_source=typeahead&amp;utm_medium=newquestion&amp;utm_campaign=no_votes_sort_relev">question</A> (<A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/139078/uninstall-splunk-on-linux.html?utm_source=typeahead&amp;utm_medium=newquestion&amp;utm_campaign=no_votes_sort_relev">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/139078/uninstall-splunk-on-linux.html?utm_source=typeahead&amp;utm_medium=newquestion&amp;utm_campaign=no_votes_sort_relev</A>) but it refers to installations done with <CODE>rpm</CODE></P> Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:46:29 GMT bento_prod 2016-08-24T20:46:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-uninstall-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-from-Linux/m-p/245543#M47448 <P>I have installed the universal forwarder on a linux machine. How can I uninstall it? <BR /> I install the forwarder just by using <CODE>tar</CODE> and <CODE>splunk install app...</CODE>. </P> <P>I saw this <A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/139078/uninstall-splunk-on-linux.html?utm_source=typeahead&amp;utm_medium=newquestion&amp;utm_campaign=no_votes_sort_relev">question</A> (<A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/139078/uninstall-splunk-on-linux.html?utm_source=typeahead&amp;utm_medium=newquestion&amp;utm_campaign=no_votes_sort_relev">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/139078/uninstall-splunk-on-linux.html?utm_source=typeahead&amp;utm_medium=newquestion&amp;utm_campaign=no_votes_sort_relev</A>) but it refers to installations done with <CODE>rpm</CODE></P> Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:46:29 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-uninstall-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-from-Linux/m-p/245543#M47448 bento_prod 2016-08-24T20:46:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-uninstall-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-from-Linux/m-p/245544#M47449 <P>A good one about Splunk itself at <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.2/Installation/UninstallSplunk">Uninstall Splunk Enterprise</A></P> Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:52:05 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-uninstall-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-from-Linux/m-p/245544#M47449 ddrillic 2016-08-24T20:52:05Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-uninstall-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-from-Linux/m-p/245545#M47450 <P>New docs just posted:</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/6.4.3/Forwarder/Uninstalltheuniversalforwarder">Uninstall the universal forwarder</A> in the <EM>Forwarder Manual</EM>.</P> <P>Thanks for highlighting the gap!</P> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 22:04:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-uninstall-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-from-Linux/m-p/245545#M47450 ChrisG 2016-08-25T22:04:59Z