# uninstall old wowza

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [June 1, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313 "2011-06-01T14:59:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313/1 "2011-06-01T14:59:38Z")

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Hi,

I have to uninstall wowza from our client’s server. Their server is:

CentOS release 5.6

Do I just run this command?:

rm -rf /usr/local/WowzaMediaServerPro

Thanks,

Ashish

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313/2 "2011-06-01T16:02:38Z")

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Ashish,

Are you confirming what the User Guide says?

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313/3 "2011-06-02T15:25:43Z")

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Actually, the above should not be necessary. Follow the User Guide instructions for installing and un-installing Wowza. Those instructions should be complete. If not, let us know. Whatever instructions you find in the User Guide should be accurate and can be followed without confirmation, which is the whole idea of a User Guide.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Ashish\_Ghimire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ashish\_Ghimire](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ashish_Ghimire)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313/4 "2011-06-01T17:27:08Z")

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Hi Richard,

Yes. I just wanted to confirm if I need additional steps other than the command above.

Thanks,

Ashish

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**Author:** ![Ashish\_Ghimire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ashish\_Ghimire](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ashish_Ghimire)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313/5 "2011-06-07T14:01:15Z")

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Thanks Richard.

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**Author:** ![Randall\_Auriemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Randall\_Auriemma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Randall_Auriemma)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/uninstall-old-wowza/313/6 "2011-06-02T00:40:38Z")

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You might also have to delete the “WowzaMediaServer” service script in:

/sbin/service

or

/etc/init.d/

And these files:

/usr/share/doc/wowzamediaserver

/usr/share/doc/wowzamediaserver/copyright

/usr/share/doc/wowzamediaserver/changelog.Debian.gz

/usr/bin/WowzaMediaServerd

Using a package manager to purge the package usually does all that for .deb and .rpm packages.