# Uninstall fails on Intel iMac

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/uninstall-fails-on-intel-imac/4659>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 14, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/uninstall-fails-on-intel-imac/4659 "2023-09-14T10:08:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rkrug](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/rkrug/32/3153_2.png) [@rkrug](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/rkrug)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/uninstall-fails-on-intel-imac/4659/1 "2023-09-14T10:08:48Z")

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Hi

I am trying to uninstall metadata from an Inl=tel iMac, but I get the following error:

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12:03 $ wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --uninstall
--2023-09-14 12:04:17-- https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh
Resolving my-netdata.io (my-netdata.io)... 188.114.96.14, 188.114.97.14
Connecting to my-netdata.io (my-netdata.io)|188.114.96.14|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh’

/tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh [<=>] 82.96K --.-KB/s in 0.001s  

2023-09-14 12:04:17 (130 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh’ saved [84946]

 --- Using /var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI as a temporary directory. --- 
 --- Checking for existing installations of Netdata... --- 
 --- Downloading netdata-uninstaller ... --- 
[/var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI]$ /usr/bin/curl --fail -q -sSL --connect-timeout 10 --retry 3 --output /var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI/netdata-uninstaller.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh 
 OK 

[/var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI]$ sudo /var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI/netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes 
Password:
/var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI/netdata-uninstaller.sh: line 711: /etc/netdata/.environment: No such file or directory

Thu Sep 14 12:04:29 CEST 2023 : FATAL: netdata-uninstaller.sh: FAILED TO UNINSTALL NETDATA: Failed to completely remove Netdata from this system.
 FAILED 

Finished uninstalling the Netdata Agent.The following non-fatal warnings or errors were encountered:

  - Command "sudo /var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI/netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes" failed with exit code 1.

Root privileges required to run rm -rf /var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI
[/Users/rainer]$ sudo rm -rf /var/folders/5k/g8z_7q3d6vb54m8k0cjy940r0000gq/T/netdata-kickstart-XXXXXXXXXX.dim9AxCI 
 OK 

✔ ~ 
12:04 $  

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Any suggestions how I can remove netdata? It is not needed anymore on that computer.

Thanks,

Rainer

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**Author:** ![Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/manolis_vasilakis/32/820_2.png) [@Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Manolis_Vasilakis)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/uninstall-fails-on-intel-imac/4659/2 "2023-09-15T07:47:45Z")

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Hi @rkrug

Can we assume you initially installed using the kickstart script? Is currently netdata under `/usr/sbin/netdata` ?

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**Author:** ![rkrug](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/rkrug/32/3153_2.png) [@rkrug](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/rkrug)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/uninstall-fails-on-intel-imac/4659/3 "2023-09-15T08:00:39Z")

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Yes. This is the case. (as far as I remember, and homebrew Netdata is not installed - so it should be the official installer).

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**Author:** ![Julian\_Silver](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/julian_silver/32/3271_2.png) [@Julian\_Silver](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Julian_Silver)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/uninstall-fails-on-intel-imac/4659/4 "2023-11-03T10:16:31Z")

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I have a similar problem on a Linux Mint based PC/Laptop. And then trying to do a ‘clean’ install which appears to complete I get a bunch of SQLite database errors. So I cannot uninstall or do a clean re-install.