Uninstalling Postgres

Note

• Make sure you have permission to uninstall programs from your computer. Contact your IT administrator if you do not have permissions.

• In case your anti- virus is preventing you from uninstalling it. Stop or pause your anti- virus.

Steps:

• Stop\Delete “veda-db” service:

  • Open Task manager

  • Look for a service called “veda-db”.

  

  • Delete “veda-db” service:

    1. Open command prompt as an administrator

    

    2. Run the following commands:

       • SC STOP veda-db (skip if the service is already stopped)

       • SC DELETE veda-db

    

• After getting success message, you can go ahead and uninstall Postgres:

• If the pgsql folder in Veda2.0 directory is empty then it is safe to delete it.

• It is safe to delete the Veda2.0 directory as well, if it does not contain any user’s model folders.

• Delete Postgres from Registry:

  • Open Registry editor as an administrator

  

  • From the list, right-click and delete the following folders:

    1. PostgreSQL

    2. PostgreSQL Global Development Group