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How do I suppress web page pop-up when I uninstall Splunk?

hacktastic
Path Finder

Hi,

I'm building a hands-off LWF installer to be pushed out to Windows servers that removes older versions of Splunk and re-installs a fresh version. I've found that 4.1.x launches a web page at the end of an uninstall. Is there a switch I can use to suppress it during command line uninstall?

Thanks!

Ed
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

There is a Windows Installer property (aka Installer Flag) that you can pass to disable the uninstall survey: SUPPRESS_SURVEY=1.

For example:

msiexec /x splunk.msi SUPPRESS_SURVEY=1

bandit
Motivator

This option should be part of the official documentation rather than searching for it on Splunk Answers as there are many cases where the install and uninstall of Splunk or Splunk Heavy Forwarder may be automated in an enterprise environment.

nurtdi
Path Finder

did you find an answer? I need to uninstall on 150 servers and I need to disable this...

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nurtdi
Path Finder

Did you find an answer? I need to do the same... 150 servers to uninstall. Thanks.

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