Remove dry run option from uninstall documentation (#14894)
Update UNINSTALL.md
Fotis Voutsas committed
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-<!--
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-title: "Uninstall Netdata"
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-description: "If you are no longer interested in using the Netdata Agent, use the self-contained uninstaller to remove all traces of binaries and configuration files."
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-custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md"
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-sidebar_label: "Uninstall Netdata"
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-learn_status: "Published"
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-learn_topic_type: "Tasks"
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-learn_rel_path: "Installation"
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# Uninstall Netdata
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-> ⚠️ If you're having trouble updating Netdata, moving from one installation method to another, or generally having
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-> issues with your Netdata Agent installation, consider our [**reinstall Netdata**
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-> doc](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/REINSTALL.md) instead of removing the Netdata Agent entirely.
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+> ### Note
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+> If you're having trouble updating Netdata, moving from one installation method to another, or generally having
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+> issues with your Netdata Agent installation, consider our [reinstalling Netdata](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/REINSTALL.md) instead of removing the Netdata Agent entirely.
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The recommended method to uninstall Netdata on a system is to use our kickstart installer script with the `--uninstall` option like so:
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This will work in most cases without you needing to do anything more other than accepting removal of configuration
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-and data files. You can confirm whether this approach will work for you by adding `--dry-run` to the list of
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-options. If that produces a line with a message like `Would attempt to uninstall existing install`, then this
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-method will work on your system.
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+and data files.
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If you used a non-standard installation prefix, you may need to specify that prefix using the `--old-install-prefix`
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option when uninstalling this way.