8 Removing Oracle Database Software
Use the deinstall
command that is included
in Oracle homes to remove Oracle software. Oracle does not support the removal of individual
products or components.
Caution:
If you have a single-instance database on a node in a cluster, and if you have
multiple databases with the same global database name (GDN), then you cannot use the
deinstall
command to remove one database
only.
- About Oracle Deinstallation Options
You can stop and remove Oracle Database software and components in an Oracle Database home with Oracle Universal Installer. - Deinstallation Examples for Oracle Database Client
Use these examples to learn how to run deinstallation using a standalone tool (deinstall
). - Example of Running the Deinstallation Tool
Review the examples to help you understand how to run the deinstallation tool. - Deinstallation Response File Example for Oracle Database Client
You can run the deinstallation tool with the-paramfile
option to use the values you specify in the response file.