# How to uninstall Elastic search 8.0 version in windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 14, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721 "2022-05-14T07:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/1 "2022-05-14T07:02:51Z")
I want to uninstall Elasticsearch 8.0 version in Windows . Is there a Command that i can use to have it uninstalled completely . Thnks ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/2 "2022-05-14T07:12:41Z")
I tried to run this command "Elasticsearch-service.bat remove " this gave an error saying ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/1/8108c44b50bd145ddcae603ac7881dd8f01e3753.png) ---
**Author:** ![bagginstyrone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bagginstyrone/32/86981_2.png) [@bagginstyrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bagginstyrone)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/3 "2022-05-14T07:16:46Z")
Why are you trying to uninstall Elasticsearch? Have you found some significant bugs? Can you tell me what alternate options you are considering? ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/4 "2022-05-14T07:18:01Z")
The reason for uninstalling ELK 8 is, it is incompatible with some plugins. so we are trying to go back to elk 7.17.x version ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/5 "2022-05-14T07:19:25Z")
what is surprising is i am unable to find an command to uninstall the elk8 version.. i would like to do a clean uninstall ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/6 "2022-05-14T13:33:56Z")
There is a typo in your command, it should be `elasticsearch-service.bat`, you typed `elasticsearch-service. bat`. If you want to do a clean uninstall just remove the service and delete the folder, you can also remove the service directly from the service management tab in windows. ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/7 "2022-05-16T04:01:33Z")
Thanks for the reply. I did a clean uninstall by removing the service and deleting the folder. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-elastic-search-8-0-version-in-windows/304721/8 "2022-06-13T04:02:32Z")
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