# Uninstall Filebeat on Ubuntu

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746 "2021-02-09T14:21:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Liora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Liora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Liora)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746/1 "2021-02-09T14:21:01Z")

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Hi Team,

please how can i uninstall Filebeat from my Ubuntu Server?

Thank you for the reply

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746/2 "2021-02-09T14:24:27Z")

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How did you [install it](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-installation-configuration.html#installation)? (DEB, RPM, Manually?)

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**Author:** ![Liora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Liora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Liora)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746/3 "2021-02-09T16:14:21Z")

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Manually, $ sudo apt install filebeat

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746/4 "2021-02-09T16:27:35Z")

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This [should work](https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-apt-command/#removing-packages-apt-remove) to remove it then.

`sudo apt list` to get the name  
`sudo apt remove package_name` to remove, replace `package_name`

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**Author:** ![Liora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Liora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Liora)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746/5 "2021-02-09T16:57:57Z")

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Thank you. I have tried but i don't know if it worked because when i check with $ sudo systemctl status filebeat it's still active

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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:** [March 9, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uninstall-filebeat-on-ubuntu/263746/6 "2021-03-09T18:58:20Z")

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