Removing the BigFix components from Windows

If you have one or more BigFix components installed on a computer, you can remove all of them at once, or one at a time.

To uninstall one or more BigFix components installed on a local Windows system, run the following steps:

1. Go to the BigFix Download Center Platform Release page.
2. Open the page of the latest release and download the BESRemove.exe utility (listed under the Utilities section). The latest version of the tool can remove any previous version.
3. Double-click BESRemove.exe to run the utility.
   
   
4. Select the components that you want to uninstall and then click Remove, or click Remove All to remove from the system all the BigFix components installed.
5. If BESRemove did not remove your databases, delete them manually.
   Note: This step only applies if you are using an on-premise SQL Server (local or remote). In case your databases are on Cloud, follow the specific Cloud provider guidelines to remove your databases.

   If your BigFix databases are remote, BESRemove cannot remove them. There could be other reasons why BESRemove may not be able to detect and remove your BigFix databases. In those cases, you can delete them manually. For example, you can use SQL Server Management Studio to connect to the instance hosting your BigFix databases and run the following commands:

   sqlcmd -U sa -S localhost,1433
   USE master;
   ALTER DATABASE BFEnterprise SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;
   DROP DATABASE BFEnterprise;
   GO
   ALTER DATABASE BESReporting SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE;
   DROP DATABASE BESReporting;
   GO