Uninstalling Acronis Backup

Interactive uninstallation

We recommend using the following procedure instead of the Add or Remove Programs or Programs and Features tool of Windows.

To uninstall Acronis Backup

  1. Click Start -> All Programs -> Acronis -> Uninstall Acronis Backup.
  2. To remove the log and tasks of Acronis Backup, select the Remove the product's log, tasks, vaults and configuration settings check box. Leave this check box cleared if you are planning to reinstall the product later.
  3. Click Remove.

Unattended uninstallation

When you uninstall Acronis Backup Agent for Windows, we recommend first uninstalling its features, then the agent itself and then the Acronis Backup Agent Core component.

To uninstall Acronis Backup

  1. Extract the installation packages to a folder or a network share.
  2. Run the following commands (here, the location of the installation packages is assumed to be \\myserver\share):

    msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisTrayMonitor.msi /qb
    msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisAgentWindows.msi /qb
    msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisBootableComponentsMediaBuilder.msi /qb
    msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisAgentCore.msi /qb
    msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisManagementConsole.msi /qb