Uninstalling VAM removes the VAM application, the supporting services and (optionally) the Kubernetes cluster the installer created.

Warning: uninstall is destructive. All assets, configuration, and metadata stored on the cluster are deleted. Take a backup first if there is any chance you may want the data back.

What Gets Removed

You can uninstall at three levels:

Level

What it removes

Application only

VAM packages and their data. Kubernetes cluster and vamctl itself stay in place.

Application + cluster

The above, plus the Kubernetes cluster (Hyper-V / VMware nodes are destroyed).

Everything

The above, plus vamctl from the installer host.

Procedure

  1. Take a backup (if there is any data you may want later).
  2. Launch vamctl.exe on the installer host.
  3. From the dashboard, choose Uninstall.
  4. Pick the level (see table above).
  5. Type the confirmation phrase the installer shows you. This prevents accidental destructive runs.
  6. Click Uninstall.
  7. Wait for completion — typically a few minutes for application-only, longer if VMs must be destroyed.

Manual Cleanup

If the installer fails partway through uninstall, or if you need to clean up after the installer host itself was lost, contact support. A clean re-install over a half-removed installation is not recommended.

After a successful application-level uninstall, the cluster is empty but functional and you can run Install VAM again from the same installer to do a fresh deployment.

Removing the Installer Host

After an "Everything" uninstall, the installer is gone but a few artefacts remain on the host:

  • Configuration directory: %APPDATA%\Vizrt\vamctl\ — wizard answers, logs, exports.
  • Cached packages: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vizrt\vamctl\cache\.
  • Backup destinations that pointed to local paths on this host.

Delete these manually if you want the host fully clean. None of them contain VAM end-user data; they are installer state only.