How To Uninstall Datadog

To uninstall Datadog, you need to uninstall the agent you installed in a previous step. It's the agent setup command line command that you copied from official Datadog website just moments after signing up.

Uninstalling Datadog and Datadog analytics data collected during your short use, are two separate processes. However, you can do both with just one command in Terminal.

Let's get started, step by step instructions are provided below.

Locate your OS below, and simply copy and paste the uninstallation code into your command prompt (cmd.exe or WSL's bash.exe on Windows or Terminal on mac OS.)

Debian and Ubuntu

Agent v6 and v7

Agent v5

sudo apt-get remove datadog-agent -y

This command removes the Agent, but does not remove:

• the datadog.yaml configuration file,
• user-created files in the /etc/datadog-agent configuration folder,
• user-created files in the /opt/datadog-agent folder,
• the dd-agent user.

If you also want to remove these elements, use this command instead:

sudo apt-get remove --purge datadog-agent -y

CentOS, RHEL, Fedora, and Amazon Linux

Agent v6 and v7

Agent v5

sudo yum remove datadog-agent

This command removes the Agent, but does not remove:

• the datadog.yaml configuration file,
• user-created files in the /etc/datadog-agent configuration folder,
• user-created files in the /opt/datadog-agent folder,
• the dd-agent user.

If you also want to remove these elements and your Datadog log files, run this command after removing the Agent:

sudo userdel dd-agent \
&& sudo rm -rf /opt/datadog-agent/ \
&& sudo rm -rf /etc/datadog-agent/ \
&& sudo rm -rf /var/log/datadog/

openSUSE and SLES

Agent v6 and v7

Agent v5

sudo zypper remove datadog-agent

This command removes the Agent, but does not remove:

• the datadog.yaml configuration file,
• user-created files in the /etc/datadog-agent configuration folder,
• user-created files in the /opt/datadog-agent folder,
• the dd-agent user.

If you also want to remove these elements and your Datadog log files, run this command after removing the Agent:

sudo userdel dd-agent \
&& sudo rm -rf /opt/datadog-agent/ \
&& sudo rm -rf /etc/datadog-agent/ \
&& sudo rm -rf /var/log/datadog/

macOS

Agent v6 and v7

Agent v5

Single user installation

To remove the Agent and all Agent configuration files:

Stop and close the Datadog Agent with the bone icon in the tray.

Drag the Datadog application from the application folder to the trash bin.

Run the following commands:

sudo rm -rf /opt/datadog-agent
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/datadog-agent
sudo rm -rf 
/.datadog-agent/​ #to remove broken symlinks
launchctl remove com.datadoghq.agent
sudo rm -rf /var/log/datadog

Reboot your machine for the changes to take effect.

System-wide LaunchDaemon installation

To remove the Agent and all Agent configuration files:

Drag the Datadog application from the application folder to the trash bin.

To remove remaining files, run the following:

sudo rm -rf /opt/datadog-agent
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/datadog-agent
sudo rm -rf 
/.datadog-agent/​ #to remove broken symlinks
sudo launchctl disable system/com.datadoghq.agent && sudo launchctl bootout system/com.datadoghq.agent
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.datadoghq.agent.plist
sudo rm -rf /var/log/datadog

Reboot your machine for the changes to take effect.

Windows

Agent v6 and v7

Agent v5

There are two different methods to uninstall the Agent on Windows. Both methods remove the Agent, but do not remove the C:\ProgramData\Datadog configuration folder on the host.

• Go to Add or remove programs
• Press CTRL and Esc or use the Windows key to run Windows Search.
• Search for add and click Add or remove programs.
• Search for Datadog Agent and click Uninstall.

PowerShell

Note: Enable WinRM to use the commands below.

Use one of the following PowerShell commands to uninstall the Agent without rebooting:

start-process msiexec -Wait -ArgumentList ('/log', 'C:\uninst.log', '/q', '/x', (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Product -Filter "Name='Datadog Agent'" -ComputerName .).IdentifyingNumber, 'REBOOT=ReallySuppress')

Using /norestart:

start-process msiexec -Wait -ArgumentList ('/log', 'C:\uninst.log', '/norestart', '/q', '/x', (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Product -Filter "Name='Datadog Agent'" -ComputerName .).IdentifyingNumber)

Hope this helped you to uninstall Datadog from your system.