How to Uninstall Grafana?

Better Stack Team
Updated on December 20, 2024

Uninstalling Grafana depends on your operating system and installation method. Here's how to remove Grafana on various systems.

Uninstall on Linux (APT-Based Systems)

First, stop the Grafana service:

 
sudo systemctl stop grafana-server

Uninstall the Grafana package:

 
sudo apt-get remove --purge grafana

Remove configuration and data files:

 
sudo rm -rf /etc/grafana /var/lib/grafana /var/log/grafana

Reload system services:

 
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Uninstall Docker Container

Stop and remove the container:

 
docker stop grafana && docker rm grafana

Remove the Grafana image:

 
docker rmi grafana/grafana

Delete persistent data (if any):

 
rm -rf /path/to/grafana-data

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