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Informatica Developer Tool Uninstallation

You can uninstall the Informatica Developer tool in graphical mode and silent mode on Windows.
When you uninstall Informatica Developer tool, the installer does not remove the environment variables, INFA_TRUSTSTORE, that it creates during installation. When you install a later version of Informatica Developer tool, you must edit the environment variable to point to the new value of the SSL certificate.

Uninstalling Informatica Clients in Graphical Mode

If you installed the Informatica clients in graphical mode, uninstall the Informatica clients in graphical mode.
    1. Click Start > Program Files > Informatica [Version] > Client > Uninstaller.
    The Uninstallation page appears.
    2. Click Next.
    The Application Client Uninstall Selection page appears.
    3. Select the client applications you want to uninstall and click Uninstall.
    4. Click Done to close the uninstaller.
    After the uninstallation is complete, the Post-Uninstallation Summary page appears, displaying the results of the uninstallation.
After you uninstall the Informatica clients, delete any remaining folders and files from the Informatica installation directory. For example:
Log out of the machine and log back in. Then clear the Informatica-specific CLASSPATH and PATH environment variables.

Uninstalling Informatica Clients in Silent Mode

If you installed the Informatica clients in silent mode, uninstall the Informatica clients in silent mode.

Creating the Properties File

Informatica provides a sample properties file that includes the properties required by the installer.
Customize the sample properties file to create a properties file and specify the options for your uninstallation. Then run the silent uninstallation.
    1. Go to <Informatica installation directory>/Uninstaller_Client.
    2. Locate the sample SilentInput.properties file.
    3. Create a backup copy of the SilentInput.properties file.
    4. Use a text editor to open and modify the values of the properties file.
    The following table describes the properties that you can modify:
    Property Name
    Description
    DXT_COMP
    Indicates whether to uninstall Informatica Developer.
    If the value is 1, the Developer tool will be uninstalled. If the value is 0, the Developer tool will not be uninstalled.
    Default is 1.
    5. Save the SilentInput.properties file.

Running the Silent Uninstaller

After you configure the properties file, run the silent uninstallation.
    1. Go to <Informatica installation directory>/Uninstaller_Client.
    2. To run the silent installation, double-click the uninstaller.bat or uninstaller.exe file.
    The silent uninstaller runs in the background. The process can take a while. The silent uninstallation fails if you incorrectly configure the properties file or if the installation directory is not accessible.
After you uninstall the Informatica clients, delete any remaining folders and files from the Informatica installation directory. For example:
Log out of the machine and log back in. Then clear the Informatica-specific CLASSPATH and PATH environment variables.