:_mod-docs-content-type: ASSEMBLY

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// assembly-management-tasks.adoc

[id='assembly-uninstalling-{context}']

= Uninstalling Strimzi

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You can uninstall Strimzi using the CLI or by unsubscribing from OperatorHub.io.

Use the same approach you used to install Strimzi.

When you uninstall Strimzi, you will need to identify resources created specifically for a deployment and referenced from the Strimzi resource.

Such resources include:

* Secrets (Custom CAs and certificates, Kafka Connect secrets, and other Kafka secrets)
* Logging `ConfigMaps` (of type `external`)

These are resources referenced by `Kafka`, `KafkaConnect`, `KafkaMirrorMaker2`, or `KafkaBridge` configuration.

WARNING: When a `CustomResourceDefinition` is deleted, custom resources of that type are also deleted. 
This includes the `Kafka`, `KafkaConnect`, `KafkaMirrorMaker2`, and `KafkaBridge` resources managed by Strimzi, as well as the `StrimziPodSet` resource Strimzi uses to manage the pods of the Kafka components. 
In addition, any Kubernetes resources created by these custom resources, such as `Deployment`, `Pod`, `Service`, and `ConfigMap` resources, are also removed.
Always exercise caution when deleting these resources to avoid unintended data loss.

//Uninstall from command line
include::../../modules/deploying/proc-uninstalling.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
//Uninstall from operatorhub.io
include::../../modules/deploying/proc-uninstalling-operator-hub.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
