This chapter describes how to uninstall the Development Client. This uninstall is interactive. If you want to perform a silent uninstall by running OUI from the command line, refer to the instructions in Uninstalling a Development Client from the Command Line.
Be sure to follow the guidelines in the preceding sections of this guide entitled:
This document uses the terms "deinstall " and "uninstall" interchangeably. The terms are synonymous and describe the removal of a product from your workstation.
To uninstall the Development Client:
- Navigate to Oracle - Oracle_Home_Name > Oracle Installation Products >
Universal Installer
where Oracle_Home_Name is the name of the installation directory that you provided when installing the Development Client. There can be multiple Oracle_Home_Names if you installed multiple Development Client Packages or multiple Oracle products. Each of these homes is associated with a particular product and has a unique setup and association for uninstalling using the OUI installer. It is important that you navigate to and run the correct OUI installer for the specific product you want to uninstall.
- Highlight the Universal Installer, right click and choose to Run as
administrator.
- On Welcome, click the Deinstall Products… button.
- On Inventory, turn on the check box next to the Oracle Home for the Development
Client that you want to uninstall.Note:
At this step, you should select only the Oracle Home that is associated with this particular OUI. That is, the Oracle Home name that you select on this screen should match the Oracle Home name that you navigated to in Step 1.
- Click the Remove… button.
- When prompted for confirmation, click the Yes button.
- If you get the pop-up message box shown above, you can ignore it. Click the OK button.
- After the uninstallation is complete, exit the OUI installer.
- Verify that the installation directory (Oracle Home) for the uninstalled Development Client has been deleted. If it still exists, you should manually delete it.