https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-to-uninstall-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/474120#M10311 <P>Trying to update the universal Forwarder from 7.1.1 to 7.3.1. First step it tries to uninstall the old version and needs the .msi to do it. I provide the location and it errors stating that it is not the correct forwarder even though the name matches that requested. </P> Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:56:46 GMT Toborman 2019-09-09T15:56:46Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-to-uninstall-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/474120#M10311 <P>Trying to update the universal Forwarder from 7.1.1 to 7.3.1. First step it tries to uninstall the old version and needs the .msi to do it. I provide the location and it errors stating that it is not the correct forwarder even though the name matches that requested. </P> Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:56:46 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-to-uninstall-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/474120#M10311 Toborman 2019-09-09T15:56:46Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-to-uninstall-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/474121#M10312 <P>You don't have to unistall old version for UF upgradation, you can install new version on top of the old version.<BR /> You can download the new version and doubleclick it, it will install new version and installation log will be updated in C:\TEMP<BR /> If you wish to do it using cmd line, </P> <P><CODE>msiexec.exe /i &lt;path to downloaded file&gt;\splunkforwarder-7.3.1-bd63e13aa157-x64-release.msi</CODE></P> <P>Example:</P> <P><CODE>msiexec.exe /i C:\Users\test\Desktop\splunkforwarder-7.3.1-bd63e13aa157-x64-release.msi</CODE></P> Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:19:41 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-to-uninstall-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/474121#M10312 sanjeev543 2019-09-09T17:19:41Z