Removing K2 Components

Removing K2 blackpearl is essentially a reversal of the Installation and Configuration process. The Setup Manager will identify the components installed and remove them completely from the target system. The process starts by running the K2 blackpearl installer application and selecting the option to Remove K2 blackpearl.

This article walks through the steps to remove K2 blackpearl from a single server. For a distributed environment, perform these steps on all servers that have K2 blackpearl installed.

If you have installed K2 blackpearl in a distributed environment, uninstall all client components first. Then, uninstall the server components in the following order:

• K2 for Reporting Services
• K2 Workspace
• K2 for SharePoint
• K2 Server

Be sure to uninstall all other components first, ending with the K2 Server.

To uninstall, perform the following steps:

1. Shut down all K2 related processes (K2 Designer for Visual Studio, K2 Designer for SharePoint, K2 Web Designer (Legacy), K2 blackpearl Server service)
   

   You will not be able to remove a component when the K2 Designer for Visual Studio is running. Be sure to save all your work and close the designers before continuing.

2. Run the Setup Manager (Setup.exe) and select Remove K2 blackpearl
   
   Follow the prompts through the wizard and reboot after the uninstall is finished.

This will remove all components from the target system. You will be prompted to continue. If you want to remove just a single component, select Modify from the maintenance home page.

If the components are being removed from a distributed environment, removing the components from the Target System may cause issues in the associated environment. There are several manual clean up steps to ensure the environment works properly, be sure to follow these closely.