You can uninstall LabVIEW-built installers from a computer either with the command line window or the Programs applet in the Control Panel. These approaches differ in what they uninstall.

This information applies to uninstalling installers you create with the Installer build specification.

  • Uninstalling an installer with the command line uninstalls a LabVIEW-built installer along with the files it installs.
  • Uninstalling an installer with the Programs applet does not remove NI components that were installed with the installer. You must uninstall the NI components separately.
To uninstall a LabVIEW-built installer, do the following.
OptionDescription
Command line
  1. Open the command line window and change to the directory containing the NIUninstaller, or the uninst.exe file.

    By default, the uninst.exe file is in the following locations:

    • Windows 32-bit: C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\NIUninstaller
    • Windows 64-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\Shared\NIUninstaller
  2. Enter the following command to uninstall the installer:

    uninst.exe /qb /x "product name"

    where product name is the name of the product you want to uninstall.

Note product name is case insensitive. Use the product name that appears in the Programs applet in the Control Panel to ensure the correct name. Also, enclose a product name that contains spaces in quotation marks.
Programs applet Use the Programs applet in the Control Panel to uninstall the installer.