# Filebeat 6.5 uninstall windows

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-uninstall-windows/198322
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-uninstall-windows/198322 "2019-09-05T22:34:31Z")
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### Author: ![sunny1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@sunny1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunny1)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-uninstall-windows/198322/1 "2019-09-05T22:34:31Z")

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Hello Team,

I tried to uninstall filebeat 6.5 service using the powershell script uninstall-service-filebeat.ps1 but after it ran successfully i can still see the filebeat service and able to start stop. How do i remove it successfully? Can someone please help with this?

--Sunny

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### Author: ![sunny1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@sunny1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunny1)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-uninstall-windows/198322/2 "2019-09-05T22:46:28Z")

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when i run the powershell i get this:-

\_\_GENUS : 2  
\_\_CLASS : \_\_PARAMETERS  
\_\_SUPERCLASS :  
\_\_DYNASTY : \_\_PARAMETERS  
\_\_RELPATH :  
\_\_PROPERTY\_COUNT : 1  
\_\_DERIVATION : {}  
\_\_SERVER :  
\_\_NAMESPACE :  
\_\_PATH :  
ReturnValue : 2  
PSComputerName :

\_\_GENUS : 2  
\_\_CLASS : \_\_PARAMETERS  
\_\_SUPERCLASS :  
\_\_DYNASTY : \_\_PARAMETERS  
\_\_RELPATH :  
\_\_PROPERTY\_COUNT : 1  
\_\_DERIVATION : {}  
\_\_SERVER :  
\_\_NAMESPACE :  
\_\_PATH :  
ReturnValue : 2  
PSComputerName :

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### Author: ![sunny1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@sunny1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunny1)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-uninstall-windows/198322/3 "2019-09-05T22:54:17Z")

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Sorry my bad should have checked, it was permission related issue. Resolved.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-5-uninstall-windows/198322/4 "2019-10-03T22:54:30Z")

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