Uninstalling IBM MQ 8.0

Uninstall IBM® MQ 8.0 using the Windows control panel.

Before you begin

Before starting this task, you must first stop the queue managers, close IBM MQ Explorer and stop IBM MQ as described in Stopping the queue manager.

About this task

In this task, you uninstall IBM MQ 8.0 using the Windows control panel. The queue manager data is not removed as part of the uninstallation process, which means that the sample queue managers used in this scenario are retained and can be detected when you install the newer version of the product.

Procedure

  1. Open the Windows Control Panel by clicking Start > Control Panel > Uninstall a program.
  2. In the Programs and Features window, find the entry for the installation that you want to remove, for example IBM IBM WebSphere® MQ (Installation1), and click Uninstall.
    The uninstallation process begins and runs to completion. When the process completes, IBM MQ 8.0 is removed from your computer and is no longer displayed in the list of programs.

Results

IBM MQ 8.0 has been removed from your computer. However the queue manager data has not been removed.

What to do next

You are now ready to make IBM MQ 9.0 the primary installation as described in Making IBM MQ 9.0 the primary installation.