# How to uninstall Filebeat using Yum **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [June 21, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-filebeat-using-yum/53555 "2016-06-21T18:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![keya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@keya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/keya)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-filebeat-using-yum/53555/1 "2016-06-21T18:34:18Z")
Hi, I am trying to install Filebeat-alpha version on a machine which already had an older version of filebeat running. How can I upgrade to Filebeat-alpha. I tried to follow install instructions for alpha version but I am getting below error: `Preparing packages for installation... file /etc/filebeat/filebeat.template.json from install of filebeat-5.0.0_alpha3-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filebeat-1.2.3-1.x86_64 file /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml from install of filebeat-5.0.0_alpha3-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filebeat-1.2.3-1.x86_64 file /etc/init.d/filebeat from install of filebeat-5.0.0_alpha3-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filebeat-1.2.3-1.x86_64 file /lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service from install of filebeat-5.0.0_alpha3-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filebeat-1.2.3-1.x86_64` How can I uninstall the older version or upgrade to alpha version? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-filebeat-using-yum/53555/2 "2016-06-21T18:39:01Z")
If you installed via yum, try `sudo yum remove filebeat` ---
**Author:** ![keya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@keya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/keya)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-filebeat-using-yum/53555/3 "2016-06-21T18:43:18Z")
Thanks. That worked! ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-uninstall-filebeat-using-yum/53555/4 "2016-06-21T18:51:31Z")