Uninstalling the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit

Note

Uninstallation procedures remove all Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit component files but don’t affect user files in the installation directory.

Uninstall Using the Original Installation Package

Use initial bootstrapper file w_openvino_toolkit_p_<version>.exe to select product for uninstallation. Follow the wizard instructions. Select Remove option when presented. If you have more product versions installed, you can select one from a drop-down menu in GUI.

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If you want to use graphical user interface (GUI) installation wizard, run the script without any parameters:

./l_openvino_toolkit_p_<version>.sh

Follow the wizard instructions.

Otherwise, you can add parameters -a for additional arguments and –cli to run installation in command line (CLI):

./l_openvino_toolkit_p_<version>.sh -a --cli

Follow the wizard. Select Remove option when presented. If you have more product versions installed, you can select one from a drop-down menu in GUI and from a list in CLI.

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Use initial bootstrapper file m_openvino_toolkit_p_<version>.dmg to select product for uninstallation. Mount the file and double-click bootstrapper.app. Follow the wizard instructions. Select Remove option when presented. If you have more product versions installed, you can select one from a drop-down menu in GUI.

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Uninstall Using the Intel® Software Installer

  1. Choose the Apps & Features option from the Windows Settings app.

  2. From the list of installed applications, select the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit and click Uninstall.

  3. Follow the uninstallation wizard instructions.

Alternatively, follow the steps:

  1. Go to installation directory.

  2. In OpenVINO directory find Installer folder and open it.

  3. Double-click on installer.exe and you will be presented with dialog box shown below.

  1. Run the installer file from the user mode installation directory:

/home/<user>/intel/openvino_installer/installer

or in a case of administrative installation:

/opt/intel/openvino_installer/installer
  1. Follow the uninstallation wizard instructions.

  1. Open the installer file from the installation directory:

open /opt/intel/openvino_installer/installer.app
  1. Follow the uninstallation wizard instructions.

Finally, complete the procedure with clicking on Modify and then selecting Uninstall option:

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if GUI is not available, installer also could be run in a CLI mode:

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