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Uninstall Communications Manager Instance

This section describes how you can use RemoveInstance.exe to uninstall Communications Manager instance from the server.

Overview

RemoveInstance.exe is a command-line tool intended to remove a stopped Communications Manager instance from the server. This tool resides in: <deploy root>\CommunicationsManager\Programs\<version>\Management\Uninstall.

The tool works as follows:

  1. It removes all Windows services, installation files and registry entries of the Communications Manager instance.
    If there are other Communications Manager components or other Communications Manager versions on that server, they will be preserved.
Removing an instance clears files, services, and settings specific to this instance. The content database is unaffected.

Before you start

Before running the tool, check the following prerequisites:

  1. The instance has been stopped, otherwise RemoveInstance.exe will not proceed.

Parameters

Parameter

Required / Optional

Description

Instance!Number Required

Numeric ID (1-99) of the Communications Manager instance to remove.

Must be an existing Communications Manager instance.