# Uninstall Netdata > ⚠️ If you're having trouble updating Netdata, moving from one installation method to another, or generally having > issues with your Netdata Agent installation, consider our [**reinstall Netdata** > doc](/packaging/installer/REINSTALL.md) instead of removing the Netdata Agent entirely. Our self-contained uninstaller is able to remove Netdata installations created with shell installer. It doesn't need any other Netdata repository files to be run. All it needs is an `.environment` file, which is created during installation (with shell installer) and put in `${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/.environment` (by default `/etc/netdata/.environment`). That file contains some parameters which are passed to our installer and which are needed during uninstallation process. Mainly two parameters are needed: ```sh NETDATA_PREFIX NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS ``` A workflow for uninstallation looks like this: 1. Find your `.environment` file, which is usually `/etc/netdata/.environment` in a default installation. 2. If you cannot find that file and would like to uninstall Netdata, then create a new file with the following content: ```sh NETDATA_PREFIX="" # put what you used as a parameter to shell installed `--install` flag. Otherwise it should be empty NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS="" # Additional groups for a user running the Netdata process ``` 3. Run `netdata-uninstaller.sh` as follows ```sh ${NETDATA_PREFIX}/usr/libexec/netdata/netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env ``` Note: Existing installations may still need to download the file if it's not present. To execute uninstall in that case, run the following commands: ```sh wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh chmod +x ./netdata-uninstaller.sh ./netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env ``` The default `environment_file` is `/etc/netdata/.environment`. > Note: This uninstallation method assumes previous installation with `netdata-installer.sh` or the kickstart script. > Currently using it when Netdata was installed by a package manager can work or cause unexpected results. [](<>)