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# Uninstalling

The following sections describe how to uninstall the Administration Application from both Windows and UNIX platforms:

Note: If you have entered security policy and configuration information the Administration Console and you want to save it, you must export it, uninstall the Administration Application, re-install the Administration Application, and import the security policy and configuration information. For instructions on exporting and importing policy and configuration information, see Exporting Policy Data and Importing Policy Data in the Policy Managers Guide.

- Uninstalling the Administration Application on Windows
- Uninstalling the Administration Application on Solaris or Linux

# Uninstalling the Administration Application on Windows

This procedure removes the Administration Application, which includes the Administration Console and all scripts that relate to management tasks. It does not remove any users and groups that are installed during the installation procedure; you need to remove these manually after the uninstall completes.

To uninstall the Administration Application, do the following:

1. Shut down any servers and services that are running.
2. Click Start and select Programs>BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security>Uninstall Administration Application.

The Uninstall Welcome window appears.

3. Click Next.

The BEA Uninstaller - Administration Application window appears and the uninstall process begins.

As the uninstall process runs, a checklist is displayed, listing the uninstallation tasks as they complete. After the Administration Application is removed, the "uninstall complete" message appears.

Note: Make sure to check the Uninstall SCM box also. If you do not do this, you will have to delete these product files manually.

1. Click Done.

You have successfully removed Administration Application from your computer.

After the uninstall completes, you may notice that the product directory and various log files remain in the product directory. You may remove these manually or you may want to keep them. This procedure does not remove the WebLogic Server software. You must remove that software according to WebLogic Server documentation. For additional instructions for completely removing the product, see Additional Steps.

## Additional Steps

After the uninstall completes, you may notice that the product directory and various log files remain in the product directory. You may remove these manually or you may want to keep them. This procedure does not remove the WebLogic Server software. You must remove this software according to WebLogic Server documentation.

1. Uninstall all WebLogic Enterprise Security products (as described in Uninstalling the Administration Application on Windows), including the Service Control Manager (SCM). This removes these product references from the Windows registry but does not remove all files from the product directories. These files are preserved so that audit and log information is not lost.
2. Delete the remainder of the product directories. Doing this removes all instance files that remain, unless you created them outside of the product directory. In this case, you need to go to the directory where you installed the instance and delete the instance directory.
3. Delete shortcuts from the start menu. You must delete product Programs menu shortcuts manually. Right click on each shortcut you want to delete, and then choose delete.

Note: If you do not delete the menu shortcuts and then reinstall the product, duplicate product names appear in the Programs menu.

4. To delete users and groups, open the Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Local Users and Groups window.
5. Delete the following users and groups:

- The Administration Application user (asiadmin by default)
- The Service Control Manager user (scmuser by default)
- The WLES administrators group (asiadgrp)
- The WLES users group (asiusers)

If you know the passwords of asiadmin and scmuser (passwords typed in during a previous install, rather than accepting the defaults), then you may leave these users in place and enter those passwords if you want to reinstall the product.

1. To remove the ActiveX controls, open the Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs and uninstall the ActiveX control named "BEA WLES Administration Console". You need to do this on each Windows system previously used to connect to an Administration Server.

# Uninstalling the Administration Application on Solaris or Linux

To run the graphical mode uninstallation program, your console must support a Java-based GUI. If the uninstallation program determines that your system cannot support a Java-based GUI, the uninstallation program automatically starts in console mode.

To uninstall the Administration Application software:

1. Log in to the machine as root (or su root).
2. Shut down any servers and services that are running.
3. Open a command shell and go to the directory where you installed the product, for example:

>     BEA_HOME/wles42-admin/uninstall

where `BEA_HOME` represents the directory in which you installed product.

4. At the command prompt, type `uninstall.sh`.

The BEA Uninstaller - Administration Application window appears and the uninstall process begins.

Note: If your system supports a graphical user interface, the uninstall program starts in graphical mode. If your system does not support a graphical user interface, the uninstall program starts in console mode.

5. Respond to the prompts to uninstall the product.