# Kibana already started but the status is not running **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [February 25, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-already-started-but-the-status-is-not-running/42667 "2016-02-25T04:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fadzhli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@fadzhli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fadzhli)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-already-started-but-the-status-is-not-running/42667/21 "2016-10-22T13:18:26Z")
Hi Try uninstall 4.5 and use 4.6.1. ---
**Author:** ![Spandana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spandana/32/133011_2.png) [@Spandana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Spandana)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-already-started-but-the-status-is-not-running/42667/22 "2016-10-22T13:54:17Z")
That worked Thanks fadzhil ---
**Author:** ![raghuvarma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@raghuvarma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raghuvarma)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-already-started-but-the-status-is-not-running/42667/23 "2017-04-25T10:31:49Z")
I also facing the same issue of kibana service with 4.4.2 version. i tried the possibilities and now started purging it and wanted to reinstall. I removed it using below command. I am not sure what's happening in the highlighted comments. apt-get --purge autoremove kibana Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: kibana\* linux-cloud-tools-4.4.0-53-generic\* linux-lts-xenial-cloud-tools-4.4.0-53\* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 6 not upgraded. After this operation, 124 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 66035 files and directories currently installed.) Removing kibana (4.4.2) ... * * * **_sent invalidate(passwd) request, exiting_** **_sent invalidate(group) request, exiting_** **_sent invalidate(passwd) request, exiting_** **_sent invalidate(group) request, exiting_** * * * Purging configuration files for kibana (4.4.2) ... dpkg: warning: while removing kibana, directory '/opt/kibana/optimize' not empty so not removed Removing linux-cloud-tools-4.4.0-53-generic (4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1) ... Removing linux-lts-xenial-cloud-tools-4.4.0-53 (4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1) ... Still i could see kibana when I do grep. $$ ps -ef | grep kibana root 24590 23216 0 10:25 pts/2 00:00:00 grep --color=auto kibana As expected I could see below as kibana was uninstalled. $$ service kibana status kibana: unrecognized service Please suggest me if kibana is removed completely from my server or not?... Let me know if you want to see any logs. ---
**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-already-started-but-the-status-is-not-running/42667/24 "2017-05-01T14:53:20Z")
> [@raghuvarma](#): > > Still i could see kibana when I do grep. > > $$ ps -ef | grep kibanaroot 24590 23216 0 10:25 pts/2 00:00:00 grep --color=auto kibana This is only showing you the process for your `grep` for kibana. That's not kibana running. It's your grep. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-already-started-but-the-status-is-not-running/42667/25 "2017-07-06T13:32:06Z")
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