Deinstallation Examples for Oracle Database

Use these examples to help you understand how to run the deinstall command.

Run deinstall from the ORACLE_HOME\deinstall directory. The deinstallation starts without prompting you for the Oracle home path.

You can generate a deinstallation response file by running deinstall with the -checkonly flag. Alternatively, you can use the response file template located at DRIVE_LETTER:\> ORACLE_HOME/deinstall/response/deinstall.rsp.tmpl.

In the following example, the deinstall command is in the path C:\app\oracle\product\18.0.0\dbhome_1\deinstall, and it uses a response file in the software owner location C:\Documents and Settings\oracle\:

DRIVE_LETTER:\> cd \app\oracle\product\18.0.0\dbhome_1\deinstall\
DRIVE_LETTER:\> deinstall.bat -paramfile %HOMEPATH%\my_db_paramfile.tmpl

For the grid infrastructure home, use (deinstall.bat) in the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home. In this example, the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home is C:\app\oracle\product\18.0.0\grid

DRIVE_LETTER:\> cd \app\oracle\product\18.0.0\grid\deinstall\
DRIVE_LETTER:\> deinstall.bat -paramfile %HOMEPATH%\my_grid_paramfile.tmpl