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Uninstalling Lotus Notes silently
You can uninstall IBM Lotus Notes silently. Each user's data directory and workspace will be left to preserve data.

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If you are uninstalling a multi-user install, log in as an administrator or root user.

Note: Shut down the Notes application before starting the uninstall procedure.

Windows:

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You can uninstall Notes silently from a Windows client as follows.

Procedure

1. Ensure that Notes is not running.

2. Open a command prompt window.

3. Change to the directory in which the installation package uninstaller resides or specify the full path to the MSI file.

4. Run the uninstall command. Sample syntax is as follows, the MSI file name changes with each Notes release:


Linux:

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You can uninstall Notes silently from a Linux client as follows.

Procedure

1. Ensure that Notes is not running.

2. Open a Linux shell.

3. Change to the directory in which the uninstaller resides or specify the full path to the uninstaller.

4. As the root user, run the following command to silently uninstall Notes.


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Uninstalling Lotus Notes
Uninstalling Lotus Notes from a Windows client
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