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Uninstalling Elastic components, such as {{es}} clusters, deployments, or orchestrators, may be necessary for several reasons. You might need to decommission a host, scale down a self-managed cluster, recover from an installation issue that can't be resolved, or start fresh with a clean setup.
Different Elastic environments require different uninstallation steps. Choose the guide that matches your setup:
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Uninstall an orchestrator:
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Delete an orchestrated deployment:
:::{note} You can uninstall {{es}} nodes or {{kib}} instances on self-managed clusters, but step-by-step instructions are not currently available. For more details on the implications of removing {{es}} nodes, refer to . :::