Uninstalling

This topic provides some important information about uninstalling (removing) PlanetPress Connect 2022.2.

To uninstall PlanetPress Connect select the application from within the Add/Remove programs option under the Control Panel. This will start the PlanetPress Connect Setup Wizard in uninstall mode.

Note: The PlanetPress Connect Setup Wizard might take some seconds to appear.

Important: Stop any active Anti-Virus software before uninstalling Connect back-end database.

Some anti-virus systems are known to block the uninstallation of MariaDB datafiles, as well as blocking the uninstallation of the MariaDB database application itself. If you wish to uninstall the Connect back-end database it is highly recommended that any anti-virus application be stopped prior to uninstalling PlanetPress Connect , as otherwise the Connect uninstallation might not work correctly.

Impacts upon other applications and services

  • The Uninstall will terminate the installed Server / MariaDB service(s).
  • The following applications / services should be stopped in a controlled fashion, before running the PlanetPress Connect Uninstall:
    1. PlanetPress Connect
    2. Connect products on remote systems which refer to this MariaDB database.
    3. Any Connect Workflow using PlanetPress Connect plugins which connect to this server.

Uninstallation Wizard

The uninstallation is done by running the PlanetPress Connect Setup Wizard in uninstall mode. The Wizard contains the following important pages:

  1. PlanetPress Connect Setup: This page allows selection of what is to be done. An modification to the existing installation (Add or Remove Features) or full Uninstall.
    NOTE: If the Uninstall option is selected the Remove user data option is made available. For information about exactly what data would be saved or deleted, please see Pre-existing User Data.
  2. Component Selection: If Add or Remove Features was selected on previous screen, this page provides options for adding or removing Connect features.
    For detail descriptions of the options, see Installation Component Selection .