Uninstall the Collector for Windows 🔗
Follow these instructions to uninstall the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector for Windows.
Uninstall using the Windows Control Panel 🔗
If you installed the Collector with the installer script, the Collector and td-agent (Fluentd) can be uninstalled from Programs and Features in the Windows Control Panel. The configuration files might persist in \ProgramData\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector and \opt\td-agent after uninstall.
Uninstall using PowerShell 🔗
You can also uninstall the Collector for Windows using PowerShell:
$MyProgram = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\uninstall\* | Where { $_.DisplayName -eq "Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector" }
if (!$MyProgram) { throw "Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector is not installed" }
cmd /c $MyProgram.UninstallString