{"id":389,"date":"2012-11-30T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/?p=389"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:46:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:46:59","slug":"how-to-delete-uninstall-an-ms-sql-instance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/11\/30\/how-to-delete-uninstall-an-ms-sql-instance\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete \/ Uninstall an MS SQL Instance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So in case you\u2019re like me and assumed you\u2019d do this through the SQL Server Management Studio interface, you\u2019re unfortunately wrong.&#160; This is actually accomplished through the far less logical process of \u201cUninstalling a Program\u201d.&#160; I\u2019ll help you through the steps here.<\/p>\n<p>Go to your Control Panel, and under Programs and Features, find your SQL Server Installation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"1005\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Choose \u201cRemove\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb1.png\" width=\"305\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A verification step will start up with the wizard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb2.png\" width=\"821\" height=\"618\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, select your SQL instance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb3.png\" width=\"823\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only choose the services associated with that particular instance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb4.png\" width=\"822\" height=\"617\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet another verification Step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb5.png\" width=\"823\" height=\"618\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and in case you weren\u2019t yet convinced, here\u2019s another verification step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb6.png\" width=\"823\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And all went well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/11\/image_thumb7.png\" width=\"823\" height=\"618\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Voila, you\u2019re all done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So in case you\u2019re like me and assumed you\u2019d do this through the SQL Server Management Studio interface, you\u2019re unfortunately wrong.&#160; This is actually accomplished through the far less logical process of \u201cUninstalling a Program\u201d.&#160; I\u2019ll help you through the steps here. Go to your Control Panel, and under Programs and Features, find your SQL &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/11\/30\/how-to-delete-uninstall-an-ms-sql-instance\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Delete \/ Uninstall an MS SQL Instance - Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/11\/30\/how-to-delete-uninstall-an-ms-sql-instance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Delete \/ Uninstall an MS SQL Instance - Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So in case you\u2019re like me and assumed you\u2019d do this through the SQL Server Management Studio interface, you\u2019re unfortunately wrong.&#160; This is actually accomplished through the far less logical process of \u201cUninstalling a Program\u201d.&#160; I\u2019ll help you through the steps here. 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