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Install MarkLogic Server

Removing MarkLogic Server

  • Last Updated: April 21, 2026
  • 2 minute read
    • MarkLogic Server
    • Version 11.0
    • Documentation

To remove MarkLogic Server from your system, follow the steps for the corresponding platform:

Platform

Steps

Windows

  1. In the Windows taskbar, click in the search area.

  2. Type MarkLogic.

  3. Click Stop MarkLogic Server, then choose to allow the action. MarkLogic Server is now stopped.

  4. [Uninstalling MarkLogic 9.0-4 or later] If you have the MarkLogic Converters package installed, then you need to uninstall it before continuing: Go to Add or remove programs, select MarkLogic Converters and click Uninstall.

  5. Uninstall MarkLogic Server by navigating to Add or remove Programs, selecting MarkLogic Server and clicking Uninstall.

Red Hat Linux

  1. Stop MarkLogic Server: as the root user, enter the following command:

    /sbin/service MarkLogic stop
  2. [Uninstalling MarkLogic 9.0-4 or later] If you have the MarkLogic Converters package installed, then you need to uninstall it before continuing: As the root user: enter the following command:

    yum remove MarkLogicConverters
    

    For environments that don’t allow a yum uninstallation, the rpm uninstall can be used. To do an rpm uninstall: As the root user, uninstall the package with the following command:

    rpm -e MarkLogicConverters
                  
  3. Uninstall MarkLogic Server: as the root user, enter the following command:

    yum remove MarkLogic

    For environments that don’t allow a yum uninstallation, the rpm uninstall can be used. To do an rpm uninstall: as the root user, uninstall the package with the following command:

    rpm -e MarkLogic

Mac OS X

  1. Stop MarkLogic Server: select System Preferences> MarkLogic to open the MarkLogic control window, and click Stop MarkLogic Server.

  2. [Uninstalling MarkLogic 9.0-4 or later] If you have the MarkLogic Converters package installed, then you need to uninstall it before continuing: Use these commands:

    sudo pkgutil --forget com.marklogic.converters
    

    rm ~/Library/MarkLogic/Converters

  3. No action is necessary when upgrading. If you want to remove the user data and do a fresh install, then remove the following directory:

    ~/Library/ApplicationSupport/MarkLogic/Data
    
  4. To entirely remove MarkLogic Server, remove the following directories:

    ~/Library/MarkLogic
    ~/Library/Application Support/MarkLogic
    ~/Library/StartupItems/MarkLogic
    ~/Library/PreferencePanes/MarkLogic.prefPane
  5. To make Mac OS X completely forget it ever had a MarkLogic Server installation, run the following command from a terminal window:

    sudo pkgutil --forget com.marklogic.server

Note:

Using this procedure to remove MarkLogic Server from your system will not remove user data (configuration information, XQuery files used by HTTP or XDBC servers, or forest content). This data is left in place to simplify the software upgrade process. If you wish to remove the user data, then you must do so manually using standard operating system commands.

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