# How Do I Uninstall NocoDB Instance Installed with Upstart Script?

**URL:** <https://community.nocodb.com/t/how-do-i-uninstall-nocodb-instance-installed-with-upstart-script/1599>\
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**Created:** [January 15, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/how-do-i-uninstall-nocodb-instance-installed-with-upstart-script/1599 "2025-01-15T00:00:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![tcb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tcb](https://community.nocodb.com/u/tcb)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/how-do-i-uninstall-nocodb-instance-installed-with-upstart-script/1599/1 "2025-01-15T00:00:04Z")

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I lost the password to the NocoDB instance I installed on a local Debian 12.9 server on my LAN, and the password recovery process fails because an email plugin is required.

So I need to completely uninstall NocoDB then reinstall it again.

However, I find nothing in the docs on how to completely uninstall NocoDB.

Is there an separate uninstall script or Upstart script option to completely uninstall a NocoDB instance?

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**Author:** ![sinan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@sinan](https://community.nocodb.com/u/sinan)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/how-do-i-uninstall-nocodb-instance-installed-with-upstart-script/1599/2 "2025-01-29T11:07:27Z")

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if you installed nocodb using upstall, you can just stop nocodb from management menu and rm -rf nocodb directory to get rid of the installation

**make sure make a backup if something goes wrong**