Uninstallation of the command-line utility

Uninstallation in Windows

When you uninstall Acronis Backup by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Acronis -> Uninstall Acronis Backup, the command-line utility is uninstalled along with all product components.

To uninstall the command-line utility separately from the product

  1. Run the Acronis Backup setup program.
  2. Click Extract installation files.
  3. Select the check box corresponding to the AcronisCommandLineTool.msi file.
  4. Specify the folder where to extract the file.
  5. Click Extract.
  6. After the file is successfully extracted, click Close.
  7. Run the following command:

    msiexec /uninstall <path>\AcronisCommandLineTool.msi /qb

    where <path> is the folder where the file is extracted.

If you have Acronis Backup Advanced, you can also uninstall the command-line utility as follows. Run the Acronis Backup setup program, click Install Acronis Backup, then click Modify, and then clear the check box next to the name of the command-line utility.

Uninstallation in Linux

In Acronis Backup, the command-line utility cannot be uninstalled separately from the product. To uninstall the product, run the following command:

# /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/uninstall/uninstall

To uninstall the product in the unattended mode, run this command with the -a parameter.

In Acronis Backup Advanced, the command-line utility is uninstalled along with Management Console or Agent for Linux. If both components are installed on the machine, both components need to be removed.