# Uninstalling the panel

> Remove FeatherPanel with the installer. What it deletes, what stays on the server, and how to clean up the web server, certificates and Wings.

Source: https://featherpanel.com/docs/panel/uninstall/

> [!DANGER]
> Uninstalling a Docker install deletes every FeatherPanel volume and the whole `/var/www/featherpanel` directory,
> including the backups folder inside it. Copy any backup you want to keep to another machine first.

## Docker installs

Run the installer, pick `[1] Panel`, then `Uninstall Panel`, and confirm with `y`. The installer:

1. Stops and disables `cloudflared`. For a full automatic tunnel it also deletes the DNS record and the tunnel in your
   Cloudflare account.
2. Removes leftover `cloudflared` containers from older installs.
3. Runs `docker compose down -v`, which removes the containers and all their volumes.
4. Deletes `/var/www/featherpanel/.env`, `/usr/local/bin/featherpanel` and `/var/www/featherpanel`.

It leaves these in place:

- Docker itself and the downloaded images (`docker image prune -a` removes unused images).
- The nginx or Apache site and the Let's Encrypt certificate.
- The `featherpanel-docker-updater` service and `/etc/featherpanel/docker-updater-*.sh`.
- FeatherWings, FeatherQuilld and the CLI. Each has its own uninstall entry in the installer.

To clean up the rest by hand:

```bash
sudo rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/featherpanel /etc/nginx/sites-available/featherpanel
sudo systemctl reload nginx
sudo certbot delete --cert-name panel.example.com
sudo systemctl disable --now featherpanel-docker-updater
sudo rm -f /etc/systemd/system/featherpanel-docker-updater.service /etc/featherpanel/docker-updater-*.sh
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
```

## Source installs

The installer asks whether to delete the files in `/var/www/featherpanel` as well. It stops and removes the
`featherpanel-next`, `featherpanel-async-runner` and backend services, the nginx site, `/etc/cron.d/featherpanel` and the
PHP configuration it added. The MariaDB and Redis servers and the database stay.

## Reinstalling over an existing install

Choosing Install on a server that already has the panel asks you to type `yes` and then runs `docker compose down -v`,
which deletes all data, before installing again. Back up first, or use [Update](https://featherpanel.com/docs/panel/updating) instead.